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Costumed participants dressed as San Francisco street signs take part in the annual Bay to Breakers road race in San Francisco, Calif. on May 18, 2025. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE ...

Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, the archbishop of Algiers, told ABC News it would be "unexpected" if the conclave goes past Friday. May 07, 2025, 7:44 PM GMT Black smoke spews from chimney after 1st ...

The official start of the papal conclave to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church is about to begin. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay Welcome, Mickey ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to ...

Robert Francis Prevost, Now Leo XIV, Is First American Pope. Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

St. Francis De Sales students have been learning about the conclave for the last week and a half in Mr. Eighinger’s senior theology class. He said the lessons started when they got back from ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pope. He has chosen the papal name of Leo XIV. The crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted in stunned applause again as it was announced that the ...

El grupo de 133 cardenales, la mayor cantidad jamás reunida en un cónclave, incluía a muchos nombrados por Francisco y a algunos que no se conocían entre sí.

The synod-based transformation of the church that will influence the conclave could become a test of the integrity of 21st century Catholicism. #EuropeNews ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin arrives in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a mass on the eight of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025.