White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church, as the crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

On Wednesday, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave, where they will ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV led his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel a day after being elected as the head of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo ...

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The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables ... are about to cast is who they sincerely believe should lead the Catholic Church. The conclave is imminent, but the cardinals are more discordant ...

The election for a new pope continues as black smoke above the Sistine Chapel signals that the cardinals have cast their ...