The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...

Kicking off the sandals he was wearing with black socks after one such meeting ... was avoiding a “freezing of the church” to keep unity, while heading off a scattering and “splitting ...

Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Christ-centered. Compassionate conviction. Universal unity. Resilient realness. Not just catchy phrases, but a way of life ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signaling an inconclusive first vote by ...

Black smoke is pouring 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. The smoke billowed out ...

A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother ...

After the first round of voting, black smoke was seen rising from ... "This is also a strong call to maintain the unity of the Church ... a unity that does not mean uniformity, but a firm and ...