What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

The Catholic Church got a new pope, Pope Leo XIV - who was elected by the cardinals of the church, on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, returned to the ...

Pontiff warns against picking ‘technology, success’ over faith amid ‘anti-Trump’ claims - The 69-year-old former cardinal was ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

Pope Leo XIV held the first mass of his papacy Friday morning in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected ...

You have called me to carry that cross, and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me” ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, had been talked about as one of the "papabili" and as someone who could defend and ...