VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of ...

White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinals inside have elected a new pope. But we don't yet know his identity.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Crowds in Vatican Square wait for new pope to emerge. Thousands of people have gatherered in Vatican Square to witness the ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signalling a new pope has been elected.Cardinals chose ...

The papal conclave, hosted by the College of Cardinals, began on Wednesday. Black smoke plumed from the Sistine Chapel ...

Pope Leo XIV has been elected following roughly 24 hours of deliberation among the 133-member College of Cardinals, the ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and the crowd erupted in cheers on the second day of the papal conclave when white smoke ...

A plume of white smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope has been selected following Francis' death.

Professor Father Robert Gahl joins Thursday's WGN Midday News via phone after white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney ...