White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

The new Pope, who has yet to be announced, was selected by a group of 133 cardinals, the highest number ever convened for a ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave Thursday, signaling a new pope has been elected ...

Reactions are pouring in after Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected the new Pope. Prevost, who will go by Pope Leo XIV, is ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

White smoke drifting from the Sistine Chapel's chimney shows that cardinals who gathered from around the world to vote on a ...

All eyes are on the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where either black smoke or white smoke will emerge to signal whether a ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

For black smoke, the Vatican uses a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur. The white smoke used to signal ...