White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel at 6:08 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025, marking the second day of the conclave.

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No pope was elected Thursday morning after the third ballot of the conclave to choose the 267th successor to St. Peter.

On the first day of the conclave, cardinals took their oaths, heard a meditation from Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, and cast ...

As expected, the 133 cardinal-electors gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave failed to elect a pope in the first ...

Catholic writer Guillaume de Prémare reflects on the challenge of viewing the conclave through the lens of faith rather than ...

Catholic writer Guillaume de Prémare reflects on the challenge of viewing the conclave through the lens of faith rather than politics — a dimension he acknowledges, but says does not reflect the ...

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The conclave begins, bringing together the 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next pope. Bernard Bourdin,professor of political theology, reflects on the papal role through the lens of the last ...

During Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica before the start of the conclave and the first vote later that day in the Sistine Chapel, ...