Catholic cardinals have elected a new pope, with white smoke billowing from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel. The world now waits to find out who will lead the Catholic Church. New Pope to ...

The first German pontiff since Stephen IX in 1057, Benedict will be remembered primarily as the first pope to retire, rather than to die in office, since Gregory XII more than 600 years ago ...

Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it ...

Leo XIV made his first appearance as pope on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on May 8. Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images About ... common are John (21), Gregory (16), Benedict (15 ...

The longest election took place in 1268, when the death of Pope Clement IV ... Pope Gregory X to adjust conclaves in 1274, making the election of a new Pope extremely secretive and free from ...

Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory said that while they are ... Only one Englishman, Hadrian IV, has been elected pope, holding the papacy from 1154 to 1159. A 2015 Facebook post from Caritas ...

Following the death of Pope Clement IV, the College of Cardinals convened ... Only then did they elect Teobaldo Visconti, who became Gregory X. One of his first acts was to formalize the conclave ...

Isolating the cardinals from outside influences began in 1271 when Pope Gregory X, after a conclave that lasted almost three years following the death of Clement IV — and which was marked by ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...