This photograph shows white smoke rising from the chinmey of the Sistine Chapel signaling that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. (c)Tiziana FABI / AFP ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV ...

Roman Catholic cardinals begin the task on Wednesday (May 7) of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world ...