News World News Conclave cam: First American pope greets public In his first words, Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope Robert Prevost, said “Peace be with you.” ...

It's one of the oldest methods of electing a head of state that's still in use today, and its basic protocols have barely changed for 800 years. In order to become a pope, a candidate need only be ...

The papal conclave — the selection process for a new pope — kicked off on May 7. However, as two rounds of black smoke have indicated, no new pope has been elected yet.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

Black smoke again poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, indicating that no pope has been elected yet. Theologian and New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Morris is in Rome ...

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's livestream is scheduled to run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday ...

In 2005, the election of Pope Benedict XVI took two days. The longest conclave took place in 1268—a grand total of 1,006 days before the cardinals finally settled on Pope Gregory X.

In order to prepare for the real conclave occurring, several cardinals were reported watching the 2024 movie "Conclave" to gain insight into how the process works.

In order to prepare for the real conclave occurring, several cardinals were reported watching the 2024 movie "Conclave" to gain insight into how the process works.