By The New York Times A new Roman Catholic pope has been chosen. Read more about Robert Francis Prevost, who has taken the name Leo XIV. Guesses about who the next Roman Catholic pope will be ...

According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the conclave, a gathering of cardinals, chooses the next pope ... as part of the Roman Curia. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals ...

WASHINGTON — White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon, signaling that the College of Cardinals had elected a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

This process is called a conclave, and it is how the Roman Catholic ... within the College of Cardinals under the age of 80 from around the world can cast their vote for the next pope.

The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene ... ll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's ...