In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

The Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome have chosen a new pope to lead the church’s 1.4 billion faithful ...

Who is the new pope? And when is the name revealed? Here's what we know after white smoke emerges over the Vatican.

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

In 2013, the Vatican confirmed that their fumata recipes now consist of a clear black smoke recipe: potassium perchlorate ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

VATICAN CITY — In a historic and unexpected decision, Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the ...

Faithful hold a banner reading “Up with the pope”, after white smoke billows from the chimney ... are Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was the Vatican’s secretary of state under Francis and ...

In 2013, former Vatican spokesperson Federico Lombardi ... lactose and chloroform resin would be added to produce white smoke. Has a pope ever been elected on the first ballot?

The Catholic Church has entered a new era. On May 8, 2025, at exactly 6:08 PM local time, white smoke rose from the chimney ...

A new pope has been elected as white smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling the end of the conclave.