May 30, 2025 - The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church...

May 7, 2025 - More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected.

May 9, 2025 - The 133 cardinal electors will shortly return to the Sistine Chapel to commence the second day of the conclave after black smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel last night.

May 25, 2025 - Mr. Prevost said he usually spoke by phone with his brother every night, but had not talked to him since the conclave began. He said the new pope was “simple, really. He’s not going to go out for a 19-course meal.” Last August, Mr.

May 12, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday.

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May 8, 2025 - Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital international reporter, based in the CBS News London bureau. Read Full Bio ... White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

Latest news on the conclave that chose American Cardinal Robert Prevost to succeed Pope Francis as leader of the Catholic Church. He took the name Pope Leo XIV.

May 7, 2025 - Read what you missed below and follow Thursday's live coverage. Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

May 9, 2025 - Large crowds celebrate on St Peter's Square as they witness white smoke after a new pope is elected at the conclave on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City.

May 30, 2025 - The crowd erupts in jubilation as the announcement echoes across St. Peter’s Square. The conclave has concluded after requiring six ballots to reach the necessary two-thirds majority. BREAKING!

May 10, 2025 - Being sealed off from the world in the conclave to choose the new Pope was "immensely peaceful", England and Wales's most senior Roman Catholic has told the BBC. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, ...

May 5, 2025 - The upcoming Conclave starting on May 7 to elect the 267th Pope will be the 76th in the form we know today, which was established by Pope Gregory X in 1274, and the 26th held under the gaze of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.

May 10, 2025 - The papal conclave was moving toward crowning someone else Pope—until a turn of support vaulted Leo XIV to the top, a dramatic behind-the-scenes report has revealed. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, claimed ...