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.

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next pontiff at the conclave.

He had asked via X that the faithful keep him and the rest of the college of cardinals who will be locked in the Sistine Chapel in their prayers. Original report: Pope Francis died on April 21 at ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney.

White smoke began pouring from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a successor to Pope Francis. And now the world waits to learn who he is.

The new Pontiff will be taken from the Sistine Chapel to the Stanza delle Lacrime ... followed by his papal name. A Pope Francis II would signify continuity with the late pontiff's pastoral ...

On the ceiling of the chapel where the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV is Michelangelo’s kaleidoscopic signifier of a time when Francis’s vision of an inclusive church would have seemed not radical at ...

Pope Leo XIV Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to get an update about their ...

Today, May 7, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the master of papal liturgical celebrations, will shout “extra omnes” (everybody out), ordering all but the cardinal electors who will choose the next pope to ...

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

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting ... had said they expected a short conclave to replace Pope Francis. But it will likely take a few rounds of voting for one ...