American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

Here is a live feed of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney as the conclave of Catholic cardinals meets in Vatican City to choose the ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

So far, each vote in the conclave has resulted in black smoke, meaning no new pope has been selected yet. Tina Kraus reports from the Vatican.

Thick plumes of black smoke appeared from a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. to indicate no winner emerged ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday, indicating no pope has been chosen. The vice president has a ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the ...