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

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

"May he help end wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and prevent conflict between India and Pakistan," Ecumenical Patriarch ...

Eire suggested that one of the reasons Pope Leo was chosen is that he is not a “full-blown American.” Despite being born in ...

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

Pope Leo was announced as the leader of the Catholic church on 9 May with his official portrait being released earlier today ...

The Catholic church's eligible cardinals are behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a successor ...

Since 1914, white smoke has indicated the election of a new pope. A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke – ...

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The 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen ...

Cardinals entered St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope. The ...

As white smoke announced the election of a new pope last week, keepers at Rome zoo celebrated the hatching of a baby bird known colloquially as a 'Pope Vulture'.