Black smoke has poured 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 at ...

A s the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of ...

I understood why the election of a pope should take place nowhere else but the Sistine Chapel. Imagine 133 cardinals in red choir dress, processing at the start of the conclave to swear an oath ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

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

Moments after white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel ... here during this conclave is a miracle,” said Linda Perotti from Colorado. “I truly believe that the pope that they vote in ...

Last month, CBS News Chicago introduced you to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy students in Lakeview, who held a mock ...

Official secrecy, at least, still helps differentiate a papal conclave from its secular ... regardless of the election results inside the Sistine Chapel,” Long said. “In my opinion, it is ...

Pope Leo XIV Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to get an update about their ...

Holy father, I dare tell you that all of Mexico congratulates you and is with you,” Aguiar Retes says he told Pope XIV.

Speculation has been rife about the political affiliations of Pope Leo XIV, but there is no evidence that he is a "registered ...