(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new ...

Across the chimneys of Sistine Chapel and ships Studying the colour of smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel has an interesting marine parallel. For a very different reason, marine engineers ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

The conclave of May 7–8 has yet to reveal all its secrets. But two weeks after the election of Leo XIV, our reporters in Rome ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church. But what sets him apart is not that ...

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The town of Rodynske in Ukraine's Donetsk region has been the scene of intense Russian drone attacks and is on the front line of the war. The BBC's Yogita Limaye was reporting from Rodynske when a ...

Cardinal David, one of the 133 cardinal electors who voted for the new pope, shares a rare glimpse into the Conclave.

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Former Provost Robert Moran says being among the crowd in St Peter's Square for the unveiling of the new Pope and receiving ...