Crowds in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City erupted in cheers as white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel just ... for the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church to emerge onto the red-draped ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church, as the crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

On Wednesday, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave, where they will select a new pope for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Wednesday ended with ...

The cardinals will pray and talk and vote, while millions watch the Sistine Chapel chimney, looking for the white smoke that will signal a new era for the Catholic Church under a new Pope. Ruth ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday ... centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The cardinals participating in the ...