"Holy father, I dare tell you that all of Mexico congratulates you and is with you," Aguiar Retes says he told Pope XIV.

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.

On the evening of May 8th white smoke poured forth from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope. Then came the ringing cry – “Habemus Papam” (“We have a Pope”). Then ...

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 ...

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 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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

“It is not possible. Whoever is chosen, I think it will be a pope who continues the work begun by Francis.” The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed shut to marking the beginning of the ...

The 133 cardinal electors took an oath of secrecy before being locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel for ...