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A new pope has been chosen, indicated by white smoke that bellowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday afternoon.
Cardinal Robert Prevost on Thursday became the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ...
Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...
The Vatican has a dual mission: to ensure the safety of the cardinals and to safeguard the strict secrecy of the process, ...
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.