In the third ballot of the second day of the Conclave, the cardinals have chosen the new Shepherd of the Church, the 267th. There was black smoke in the first yesterday. Also in the second this ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. Wednesday, local time, signaling that no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave convened to choose the next leader ...

White smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday (May 8), signaling that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals meeting in a secret conclave have elected a new pope.