White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday evening, signaling a successor to Pope Francis has been elected after three rounds of voting. The smoke is the only public sign of what is happening during the Papal Conclave, after the cardinals handed in their… BREAKING: New Pope elected as white smoke billows … Read more
A plume of thick black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signaling that the cardinals locked inside have not yet chosen a new pope in their first round of voting. The signal came roughly three hours and 15 minutes after 133 cardinals from around… Black smoke emerges as cardinals … Read more
The 133 Catholic Cardinals have entered into the Sistine Chapel as part of the ongoing Conclave to elect a new Pope. The Cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel under the supervision of Michelangelo’s frescoes. The Vatican said the Cardinals entered into the chapel in a reverse… Cardinals finally enter Sistine Chapel as Conclave to elect new … Read more
Over 130 cardinals from all over the world will gather today for the papal conclave. The Vatican has said of this number, 108 are “novices” who have never before taken part in the selection of a new pontiff. Only five cardinals present voted in 2005: Philippe Barbarin of… Papal conclave: Cardinals meet to choose Pope … Read more
Today, cardinals will begin the Conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pope, following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. This historic gathering will determine the 267th leader of the Catholic Church and the head of the Vatican State. A total of 133 cardinal electors, all… Cardinals enter conclave to elect the … Read more
The Vatican on Monday said all of the 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote to choose a successor to Pope Francis are now in Rome ahead of the conclave starting this week. According to the Vatican, the cardinals will gather in secret in the Sistine Chapel starting at 4:30 pm… New Pope: Cardinals in Rome … Read more
The cardinals of the Catholic Church held their 9th in a series of near-daily meetings at the Vatican on Saturday ahead of the election of a new pope. The closed-door “general congregations” allow them to discuss the challenges the new pontiff will face before they are locked into… New Pope: Cardinals in closed-door session ahead … Read more