Vatican

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When white smoke came pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica started pealing, people who had been relaxing at …

Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, gives his first ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing after the American’s historic papal election.

CRS president and CEO Sean Callahan said the agency was “overjoyed by the election of Pope Leo XIV” and looks forward to his “leadership and guidance.”

(OSV News) — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called the founding father of …

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.

(OSV News) — As Catholics came together at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to pray for the cardinal electors at the conclave, Archbishop …

Many Americans were around in Rome, some of whom live locally, or attend school, and others who were visiting — looking for the conclave’s sign of white smoke.

Thick plumes of black smoke appeared from a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. to indicate no winners emerged during the morning session May 8, 2025.

The 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 did not elect the next pope on their first ballot.