Cardinals entering the Sistine Chapel for the first day of the 2013 conclave.© MAURIX - Getty Images Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment, one section of his Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

With the whole world watching the Sistine Chapel's chimney, waiting for the white smoke that will signal the election of the new pope, the normally plain tile roof was enlivened by the arrival of ...

In his regulations for the conclave, Re recalled, St. John Paul II wrote that in the Sistine Chapel, “everything is conducive to an awareness of the presence of God.” ...

In his regulations for the conclave, Re recalled, St. John Paul II wrote that in the Sistine Chapel, “everything is conducive to an awareness of the presence of God.” ...

People watch a screen in St .Peter's Square showing cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, on the first day of the conclave to elect the next pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025.

Vatican seagull awaits papal conclave's decision A seagull was spotted several times on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, near the chimney where smoke will let onlookers know if a new ...

Black smoke spewed from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the 1st conclave vote Wednesday, meaning a new pope has not yet been selected. Cardinals will continue to vote until white smoke appears ...

Cardinals of the conclave have been burning ballots since at least 1417, according to the professor, but it wasn't until the 18th century that the Sistine Chapel had its first chimney installed.

People react in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating ...