Michelangelo’s famous frescoes at the Sistine Chapel were originally met with scorn, concern, and controversy.

As the world watched the Vatican chimney, Cardinal Vincent Nichols was sealed inside – and now he tells the story of electing Pope Leo XIV.

The Arkansas AD posted an altered video of red smoke coming from Razorback Stadium. No doubt a reference to white smoke from ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel where 115 cardinals gathered to elect the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005. The black smoke ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, ...

A recently installed chimney on the roof of St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul billowed white smoke into a clear, blue sky May 8, mirroring the smoke that emitted from the Sistine Chapel's ...

When the white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican last week signaling a new pope was elected, Peters Township quarterback Nolan DiLucia got a couple texts from the coaches at ...

We are going to do another story on the new pope, and this one will be a little bit different. Here's the backstory. Once the College of Cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel, my job was to wait and ...

Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church hosted a “papal party” that included a fireworks display Thursday after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected as pope. On Thursday afternoon, ...

Old Mission Santa Barbara hung yellow and white flags and rang its bells Thursday to mark the selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, as the new pontiff, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Credit: ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...