VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was selected by the papal conclave to become the next Pope. (7News) VATICAN CITY (7News) — Cardinal Robert Prevost was selected by the papal conclave to become the next Pope.

The Vatican’s age-old tradition of using smoke signals to announce the outcome of papal elections has received a modern scientific upgrade. For centuries, the faithful looked to the Sistine Chapel’s ...

For nearly eight centuries, the Catholic Church has used an ancient and symbolic process—the conclave—to elect a new pope. Derived from the Latin cum clave, meaning “with a key,” the term reflects the ...