At St. Mary of the Assumption school in Chicago’s southern suburbs, Robert Prevost was quiet, kind and studious. Mostly, he ...

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on Thursday to signal a cardinal has been elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

White smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling that the 133 Roman ...

New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who was part of the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis, left the Pontifical ...

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

FILE - Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to ...