VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Three conclaves set the stage for the moment when Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, stunning the world as the first U.S.-born pontiff ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to ...

Cardinal predicts conclave will finish before Friday All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope.

Cardinals attend a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

The Conclave is now underway, at least, in ceremony. Mass marking the start of the process came to a close Wednesday in the Vatican and hundreds of people poured into St. Peter's Square.

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. It would be "unexpected" if the conclave goes past Friday, Cardinal ...

Mel Gibson discusses the 1958 Vatican Conclave on Joe Rogan, highlighting secretive voting, unexpected white smoke, and the surprise election of Pope John XXIII—fueling intrigue and Church controversy ...

The Conclave is now underway, at least, in ceremony. Mass marking the start of the process came to a close Wednesday in the Vatican and hundreds of people poured into St. Peter's Square.

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. It would be "unexpected" if the conclave goes past Friday, Cardinal ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.© RNS Inside the conclave: How the Americas paved the way to Pope Leo XIV ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. It would be "unexpected" if the conclave goes past Friday, Cardinal ...