The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...