Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

After two days of contemplation and balloting, a new Pope has been elected. White smoke emanating from the Sistine Chapel ...

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on Thursday to signal a cardinal has been elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic ...

Day one of the papal conclave ended without the naming of a new pope, as black smoke was seen billowing from the chimney at ...

Who is the new pope? And when is the name revealed? Here's what we know after white smoke emerges over the Vatican.

The 133 cardinal electors who gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Thursday, May 8, elected a new popeThe new head of ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

How does the Vatican make white smoke? - The outcome of the secretive papal election is announced through smoke, but how do ...

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic church. During their ...

The Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome have chosen a new pope to lead the church’s 1.4 billion faithful ...