The Augustinian order has been in the spotlight since May 8, the day one of its own was elected pope. Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the ...

Augustinian Father John Lydon celebrates daily Mass at the Augustinian theologate chapel in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood ...

(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new ...

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Cardinal David, one of the 133 cardinal electors who voted for the new pope, shares a rare glimpse into the Conclave.

This ‘secretive’ process involves the eligible cardinals—those under the age of 80—gathering in the Sistine Chapel ... that happens, black smoke billows from the chapel’s chimney ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday (May 8, 2025) morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

When white smoke rose over the Vatican. A dispatch from Rome, where Robert Francis Prevost addressed the crowd for the first time as Leo XIV, the only Pope to have been born in America. Plus: • Pity ...

Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a pope.