VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

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

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 papal conclave was officially over at around 6 p.m. local time Thursday after white smoke was seen rising from the ...

The new pope is Robert Prevost, following the death of Pope Francis. The process to elect a new pope used to be design to rush a decision.

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.

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.