VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to the ...

For nearly 800 years the Catholic Church has utilised the process of the conclave to elect a new pope. “Conclave” means “with a key”, indicating the cardinal-electors are locked up with a key to ...

For nearly eight centuries, the Catholic Church has used an ancient and symbolic process—the conclave—to elect a new pope. Derived from the Latin cum clave, meaning “with a key,” the term reflects the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was selected by the papal conclave to become the next Pope. (7News) VATICAN CITY (7News) — Cardinal Robert Prevost was selected by the papal conclave to become the next Pope.