When the cardinals vote, they burn their ballots and send up smoke to signal their decision: white smoke to show they have ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped in a gold embroidered sash. He clasped his hands in prayer and smiled as ...

Asked whether it was unexpected for an American to be elected, Father Reese said: “Oh yeah, shocking.” Robert Prevost, who has just been announced as the new pope, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope on May 8, becoming the first American to ever be named pontiff. He will go by the name Pope Leo XIV. The last pope to take the name Leo was Leo ...

(1st UPDATE) This signals that cardinals meeting in a secret conclave did not elect a new pope during their two morning ballots VATICAN CITY – Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the ...

After four rounds of voting, the cardinals summoned for the Conclave reached a consensus to elect the new pope ...

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

On Thursday, May 8, white smoke billowed from the Sistine ... AP Photo/Andrew Medichini Conclave to Pick New Pope 'Will Be Short,' Predicts Cardinal: 'I Think There Is a Consensus' Once a new ...

The conclave began Wednesday ... after tens of thousands gathered to watch Wednesday evening's smoke signal. "I don't mind that it's black smoke, it shows the Holy Spirit is at work," James ...

Vatican city: Crowds of people flocked to St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Wednesday evening for the first vote of the papal conclave ... Black smoke poured out from the Sistine Chapel's ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney ... The cardinals participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history took just one round of voting ...

Black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signals that cardinals failed to elect a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. AP Black smoke appeared from a ...