VATICAN CITY -- Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new ...

A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

All 133 cardinals are gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave under strict secrecy, as the world watches and waits for the election of a new pope. Black smoke rose from the chimney around 9 pm ...

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke was ...

VATICAN CITY Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world s 1.2 ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21, at the age of 88, more than 1 billion Catholics around the world wait with baited breath for the white smoke to emit from the Sistine Chapel, ...

Pope Francis died this Easter Monday of a stroke and heart failure. His passing followed a final message on Easter Sunday, in which the 88-year-old expressed his hope for peace and a ceasefire in Gaza ...

Pope Leo XIV graciously accepted a gifted Philadelphia Eagles hat as a delegation from the City of Brotherly Love met him at the Vatican on Wednesday morning. His Holiness, who reps Chicago, hallowed ...