As the sun set over the Vatican, black smoke rose from the temporary chimney of the Sistine Chapel over thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter's Square. A new pope has not yet been elected.

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

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

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Cardinals to take secrecy oaths ahead of vote for new pope Voting occurs in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from world New pope ...

A frenzy of betting is underway as gamblers try to predict results of the upcoming conclave to pick Pope Francis’ successor. The cardinals may be stacked against them.

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic ...

ShareToday, being 7th May 2025, about 135 cardinal electors, known as ‘Princes of the Church’, are expected to converge on ...