Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are ...

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

The 133 cardinal electors who gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Thursday, May 8, elected a new popeThe new head of ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...