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No pope named as black smoke rises on papal conclave's first day: Live updates
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
Black Smoke, White Smoke: How the Vatican Tells the World There’s a New Pope
In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan says choosing new pope will be "more difficult this time"
The eyes of the globe are on the Vatican as the conclave to elect the next pope is about to begin, and New York's Timothy ...
Conclave for New Pope Begins With Faithful Seeking Direction
Roman Catholic cardinals from across the globe entered the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, who will set the moral ...
Waiting for the Smoke That Heralds a New Pope
As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...
New York Catholic Bishops Denounce Trump's AI Image As Pope: "Do Not Mock Us"
New York’s Catholic leaders have denounced President Donald Trump for his artificial intelligence-generated image of himself ...
New York cardinal says Trump AI pope image 'wasn't good'
Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, was asked about the post on the sidelines of a Mass he celebrated at a Rome church ...
What Will the New Pope Do About the Latin Mass?
In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...