The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers, were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

On Day 2, the cardinals will begin their day with a mass in the Pauline Chapel and then retreat to the Sistine Chapel for ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

A white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on the roof of the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, announcing the election of a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

On Thursday, May 8, a conclave took place in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. 133 cardinals from 71 countries gathered to ...

The late Pope Francis brought the 69-year-old to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop ...

Prevost spent over 20 years as a missionary in Peru and later served as the Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. His deep ...

As the first pope to come from North America and a well-respected moderate, Pope Leo XIV has the chance to unite the church.

The new Pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, signaling that a new pope has been elected. The decision ...