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By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...
The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name ...
The white smoke has appeared, the people screamed, and now we wait for the new Pontiff to come out onto the balcony. Here's ...
Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.