Crowds in St. Peter's Square witnessed black smoke pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday night, signaling that the cardinals at the conclave had not been able to elect a new pope.

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

This, then — love it or leave it — is what popes are for, according to the Catechism: keeping the bishops in step, keeping ...

Panic is exactly the right word to describe our times. And like most words, panic is a kind of fossil record, embedded with ...

Each week we pay tribute to the loved ones remembered in our area with a funeral notice and online tribute page. To read the ...