The conclave takes place only in the event of the pope's death or renunciation for personal reasons. Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke on April 21, Easter Monday, after a long respiratory illness ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of ...

In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, and there have been 266 popes. LUCIANO GAGLIANO: The conclave in the past could be organized everywhere, not only Rome ...

Cardinals filed into the Sistine Chapel for the conclave on March 12, 2013 in Vatican. Photo by Maurix/ Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, ... The Sistine Chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere (who served from 1471 to 1484).

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century.. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88.

Everything to know about the conclave. A conclave is a meeting between cardinals that will privately select a new pope.; 133 cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel for the ...

VATICAN CITY — On Wednesday afternoon, red-hatted clerics who carry the same weight and dignity as princes within the Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave to choose ...

This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. ... this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, and there have been 266 popes.