Catholic Bishop Robert Barron shared his thoughts on Pope Leo XIV's election and what it means for the Church's future.

The setting of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee meetings to set the official cash rate every six weeks or so is the closest New Zealand has to a Papal Conclave.

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the Vatican correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, a liberal outlet, ...

More black smoke on day 2 of 2025 conclave to pick a new pope 01:27. White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the ...

This photograph shows black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their conclave in the Vatican on May 7 ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to ...

Firefighters install the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, with the statue of Saint Paul in the foreground, in The Vatican, on May 2, 2025. The conclave begins on May 7, when a record 133 ...

Firefighters install the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican, on May 2, 2025. The conclave begins on May 7, when a record 133 cardinals -- those under the age of 80 who are ...

Vatican chimney installed for conclave. VATICAN CITY -- Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will ...

Vatican chimney installed for conclave. VATICAN CITY -- Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will ...