The 69-year-old cardinal was officially chosen as the next leader of the Catholic church on Thursday (08.05.25) when white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel at just after 5pm, and made history in ...

The news channel Sky was forced to halt its live coverage as millions across the world waited to see which cardinal had been ...

White smoke has been sighted at the Vatican City's Sistine Chapel, confirming the election of a new pope. The papal conclave ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope. The 69-year-old cardinal was officially chosen as the next leader of the Catholic church on Thursday (08.05.25) when white smoke emerged from ...

The ancient Roman burial ground had been untouched for some 1,600 years and lies at depths of as much as 35 feet beneath a network of underground passageways called the Vatican Grottoes.