Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. Wednesday, local time, signaling that no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave convened to choose the next leader ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, indicating that the cardinals had not yet reached the two-thirds majority needed to elect a new pope. The College of Cardinals will ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

AP video journalist Obed Lamy traveled to the new pope’s hometown of Chicago to capture local reaction to Robert Prevost’s selection as pontiff. He began at the home of the pope’s brother, John, who ...