VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The conclave opened at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon but ...

Plumes of black smoke billowed from a chimney on the rooftop of the Sistine Chapel around midday local time on Thursday (6 a.m. Eastern time), indicating that the scarlet-robed cardinals gathered ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday — the second day of the conclave to elect the successor of Pope Francis.The length of the conclave to elect Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, ended on the second ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for the second day of voting to select the next pope, and black smoke marked another failed attempt at reaching a two-thirds majority. NewsNation’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of conclave voting.

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Rome on Thursday afternoon, indicating the 133 cardinals locked inside had elected a successor to Pope Francis. The new pope, the 267th, ...

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