VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary born in Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first ...

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Black smoke billows from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel where 115 cardinals gathered to elect the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005. The black smoke ...

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 ...

New pope elected on first full day of balloting White smoke, pealing bells announced news to cheering crowds New pope to emerge from St. Peter’s shortly VATICAN CITY — White smoke rose from the ...

White smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel only means one thing: A new pope has been elected. As Catholics all around the world waited on bated breath since the papal conclave began on ...

New Pope has been chose as white smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the papal conclabve (Image via Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu/Getty Images) After the death of Pope Francis, many ...