VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers, were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

On Day 2, the cardinals will begin their day with a mass in the Pauline Chapel and then retreat to the Sistine Chapel for ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been announced as the next pope, becoming the first American leader of the Catholic ...

Robert Francis Prevost has become the first pope from the United States, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from ...

Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White smoke poured out of the ...

James Martin, a papal contributor to ABC News. Leo emerged from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening to throngs of cheering crowds, following the signal of white smoke that emanated ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, signaling that a new pope has been elected. The decision ...

Reactions are pouring in after Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected the new Pope. Prevost, who will go by Pope Leo XIV, is ...