Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

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

Black smoke emanated from the chimney ... They would all like to see a progressive pope, in continuity with Francis. “I really like Cardinal Tagle,” Katherine added, referring to Cardinal ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

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

The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis ...

The conclave to elect a new pope is well-known as the most secretive event in the Roman Catholic church. However, a British ...

Speaking to BBC News, Mathew Schmalz, a professor in Catholic studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, says ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

The announcement: Minutes later, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti stepped onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and ...