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Britain's Queen Camilla, left, and King Charles III, right, pose for a photo before a State Banquet at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Sept. 17, 2025. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, file)

King Charles III’s visit to Vatican marks a historic step in path of unity between two churches

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Church’s believers, onlookers anticipate outcome of secretive tradition that will decide new pope

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

New cardinals sit during consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Conservative U.S. Catholics hope next pope won’t echo Francis, observers say

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij arrives at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the upcoming conclave starting on May 7, to elect the 267th Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican workers install Sistine Chapel stove where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

This Dec. 10, 1999 file photo shows Michelangelo's fresco "La Creazione" ("The Creation") on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

The Vatican closes the Sistine Chapel to the public and prepares for a papal conclave

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

FILE - Pope Francis attends a prayer for peace at Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

From ‘conclave’ to ‘white smoke,’ a glossary of terms used in a papal transition

Associated Press

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, left, talks with Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, as he arrives for the presentation of his book Divine Love Made Flesh, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Catholic Church faces ideological crossroad after Pope Francis’ death

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Conclave’

By Claire Hopley

White smoke billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

SUGHED: Pope Francis letting Porsche use Sistine Chapel for fundraiser

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Sistine Chapel has been prepared for the conclave to elect the next Roman pontiff. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

The choreographed election of a pope in a nutshell

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The black smoke indicates that the new pope has not been elected yet. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Black smoke over Vatican, no pope yet

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, said the incoming pope would need to be someone who could “find a balance of wisdom and energy.” (The Washington Times)

Wuerl leaves to take part in selection of new pope

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI blesses children in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel.

Suction vents to remove dust from art patrons as part of effort to reduce damage to Vatican’s fresco

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times