After two days of contemplation and balloting, a new Pope has been elected. White smoke emanating ... As ballots were burned, black smoke billowed out of the Vatican chimney around 9 pm local ...

May was a pivotal time in the life of the Church and also for us as Sisters of Saint Joseph of Annecy. Our General Chapter, held once every six years a few miles outside Rome, coincided with the ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

A Mankato native who spent most of his journalism career covering the Vatican provided some dope on popes, his review of a ...

When the cardinals vote, they burn their ballots and send up smoke to signal their decision: white smoke to show they have ...

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

A two-day conclave has come to an end with the election of Pope Leo XIV, successor to Pope Francis and the first American ...

As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, University of Iowa Catholic Studies ...

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...