More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

While this process is held in secrecy, the rest of the world is informed on the group's daily decisions by white or black-colored smoke ... the church's doors. Each cardinal votes by secret ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

Whether it is black — meaning the majority has not been reached — or white — meaning the new ... from burning the ballots on which the cardinal electors cast their votes, together with ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

The black or white smoke cartridges are placed in the unit, and when the ballots are burned in the cast-iron stove, a cardinal presses a button to set off the cartridges in the unit, coloring the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first North American pontiff and will be called Pope Leo XIV - Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as ... The iconic Empire State Building in New York City was lit up in white and gold in honor of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. The Chicago-born pontiff ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke ... is French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti. These are the three cardinals, chosen by a random drawing from the electors ...

Black smoke means voting is ongoing. White smoke means a new Pope has been ... candidate', having worked with Pope Francis as Cardinal Secretary of State. He is seen as a moderate, though ...