The reason why white smoke is used to announce a new Pope - Using smoke signals is a tradition that dates back centuries ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8) and the bells of St Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals ...

US Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, marking a historic moment as the first American to lead the Roman ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

By evening, the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang and cheers erupted from the crowd below as the white smoke rose ...