Robert Prevost will be known as Pope Leo. A papal tapestry is unfurled and draped over the edge of the balcony as cardinals ...

At almost 8pm on the nose on Wednesday, clouds of black smoke appeared over the Vatican. That meant that the first ballot in ...

At 3pm eighty years ago on May 8, 1945, then Prime Minister Winston Churchill took to the airwaves to announce that Nazi ...

During the conclave, cardinals remain hidden from the outside world, only communicating through the smoke signals.

The new head of the Roman Catholic Church has been elected, as evidenced by the white smoke from the chimney on the roof of ...

White smoke over the Sistine Chapel and ringing bells have signaled that a new Pope of the Catholic Church has been chosen.

When selecting a name, popes often look to history and make a choice imbued with personal meaning. The decision can also ...

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Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

White smoke has been seen from the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new leader of the Catholic Church has been elected ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in the early evening of Thursday (May 8), signalling that the cardinals locked ...