This photograph shows white smoke rising from the chinmey of the Sistine Chapel signaling that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. (c)Tiziana FABI / AFP ...

White smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday (May 8), signaling that the 133 Roman ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV ...