Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

Cardinal Robert Prevost on Thursday became the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the ...

Some have watched it in the cinema,” one cleric involved said, adding that the movie accurately portrays how the conclave ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

The papal conclave was officially over at around 6 p.m. local time Thursday after white smoke was seen rising from the ...

Despite some disappointment, hopes were still high that a pope would be chosen quickly, perhaps as early as Thursday ...

Born in Chicago, Leo XIV is the first-ever American pope. After rising through the ranks of the Augustinian Order, Prevost ...

We have white smoke! 133 voting cardinals elect a new pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, on the second day of the conclave.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...