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Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected on the conclave’s ...

Prayers for a speedy conclave were answered when, on May 8, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney to signal the election of a new pope. Robert Francis Prevost, who will now be known as ...

All 133 cardinals are gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave, under strict secrecy, as the world watches to see who the new pope will be. The chimney delivered its first signal, black smoke, ...