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White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...
Harry Styles, 31, was spotted by fans in the crowd gathered in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Thursday, May 8, when ...
A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...
This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...
By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were ...
Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...
During the entire papal conclave, seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney, delighting onlookers. See social ...
The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.