In 1958, the papal election took a bizarre turn when white smoke was followed by black smoke—an unprecedented event in ...

Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus on the hit biblical series "The Chosen," met the new pope at the Vatican this week ...

Released in Oct. 2024 and propelled back into relevance by the passing of Pope Francis, “Conclave” includes a star-studded ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

Vevette Hill-Nwagbaraocha attends All Saints Catholic Church, also on the north side. She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, ...

A drone flies as black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the ...

As such, Leo XIV could be considered the first Black pope in the history of the Catholic Church, though it is unclear how he identifies racially. “It’s more complicated than that,” Honora told BCM. “I ...

Cardinals prepared to cast fresh votes Thursday for the next head of the Catholic Church, after sending up a second round of black smoke to signal they had again failed to elect a pope.

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:08 p.m.) — Black smoke rose once again from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 8 (PST), marking a second and third failed vote ...

Black smoke is seen from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel meaning a new pope is not yet elected and voting will continue, on May 7, 2025, at the Vatican. Christopher Furlong/Getty ...

This photograph shows black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. (Photo by ...

Nuns look on as black smoke rises from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel, indicating no decision has been made to elect a new pope Father Robert Sirico was on Sky News in Rome discussing the conclave.