Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave to elect a new pope — but no winner emerged Wednesday night as black smoke billowed up from the Sistine Chapel ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter’s Square to await their decision, after the first ...

Pope Leo XIV greets Silviu Vexler, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, during a ceremony honoring ...

Very recently, history was made not only in Rome, but also in America. When the white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel and ...

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

In her latest column installment, Chan analyzes the rise of conservative Christian nationalism and reflects on why the new ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

VATICAN CITY, Fla. — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter's Square to await their decision, after the first ...