With the recent elevation of Pope Leo XIV the office of the Pope has been getting a lot of attention. The world watched when the white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel, and then eagerly awaited ...

Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for the black or white smoke.

Black smoke emerging from the chimney means the world's 1.4 billion Catholics don't yet have a new pope. White smoke means the cardinals have chosen a new leader of the church.

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel past St Paul's statue, meaning that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the second ballot of their secret conclave on March ...

From ‘conclave' to ‘white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

From ‘conclave' to ‘white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

Black smoke emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this morning indicated that the 115 cardinal-electors of the Roman Catholic Church failed to elect a new pope.

Cardinal Robert Prevost made history by becoming the first pope from the United States — a stunning decision that Chicagoans ...