Obviously, if you're in Rome you have to visit St Peter's Basilica and when you do head ... because you want to see Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. It's likely to be busy.

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

Sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, they deliberated just a day and a half to elect a new pope. As the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out, the crowd erupted ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday ... presided over a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica urging the voters to set aside all personal ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final ... good counsel and understanding before entering the Sistine Chapel to begin making their choices for the next pope.

Black smoke was seen rising from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. local time ... prior to the start of the conclave, at St Peter's Basilica on May 7, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the ...