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P lumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church ― a faith with more than 1 billion followers ― had been selected ...
People around the world are waiting for the new pope to be selected. Monsignor Scott Friend of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church talked about how the church handles this process.
Conclave Ending, Explained: What the Final Twist Means for the Catholic ChurchConclave dealt with the difficult process of picking a pope, including unearthing scandals among potential candidates ...
White smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. Watch the latest with this live conclave cam.
That’s the question the Catholic Church is trying to answer as the conclave ended its first day without a decision on Wednesday. There are 133 Cardinals taking part in the conclave in Vatican City.
The first ballot for a new pope was cast Wednesday by the College of Cardinals, the highest-ranking officials in the Catholic Church, with 133 voting cardinals from 71 countries.
Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...
The conclave later announced that Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was chosen as the new leader of the Catholic Church — which has around 1.4 billion members worldwide.
The quickest conclave observing the 10-day wait rule appears to have been the 1503 election of Pope Julius II, who was elected in just a few hours, according to Vatican historian Ambrogio Piazzoni.
The day finished out around 9 p.m. local (3 p.m. ET) with billows of black smoke rising above the Vatican, indicating that the new head of the catholic church had not yet been chosen.