At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

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White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.

By Thursday morning, crypto betting site Polymarket handled nearly $26 million worth of wagers on the event. Prediction ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

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Tens of million of dollars were bet on who would lead world's Catholics, a practice frowned up on by the Church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

When white smoke began pouring from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney Thursday after as few as four ballots, many assumed that meant the sitting Catholic cardinals had selected the consensus frontrunner ...