Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

The chimney on the Sistine Chapel is up, and voting to elect the next pope will begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. Here is ...

Beautiful photos have shown a historic festival in full swing. Rochester Sweeps celebrations have been going on over the ...

Workers enter the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on May 2 to install a stove and chimney to be used for the election of a new ...

From a realistic, picture-perfect painting to a captivating view of the chimney installation on top of the Sistine Chapel, here's what caught Suzanne Le Mignot and Ed Curran's eye this week.

The death of Captain Bobby Nash in Season 8 of 9-1-1 caused a dramatic drop in the show's ratings, and the show's unique ...

This week, host Wendy Corr chats with ranch historian Dicksie May. The Albany County resident has spent years telling the ...

CITÉ DU VATICAN, Holy See (AFP) — Besides its masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel is undergoing a makeover, ...

The Vatican's Sistine Chapel has been prepared to host 133 Cardinal electors for the upcoming conclave to elect the 267th ...

The chimney on the Sistine Chapel is up, and voting to elect the next pope will begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. Here is ...