Black smoke over Vatican signals no pope chosen on first day of conclave

Several cardinals perpetuate the results of the four ballots on Italian media. Prevost recently received more than 100 out of 133 votes.

New pope garnered over 75% of votes in conclave: Vatican sources

In the balloting to choose the next pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Vatican sources said Sunday.

What then-Cardinal Prevost told an Illinois parish about his life, Pope Francis, synodality and more

(OSV News) -- Parishioners of St. Jude Parish in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, may have had a moment of shocked recognition as the first American pope stepped out on the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square May 8. Pope Leo XIV, then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, had just visited their Augustinian parish for "An Evening

Two days after the conclave that has chosen Robert Prevost as the new Pope Leo XIV, some information about what happened inside the Sistine Chapel during the four votes that took place between Wednesday and Thursday continues to come to light. The private meeting that the pontiff has had with his cardinals has served to confirm some statements, such as the reason for the choice of his name, Leo XIV, and to know new information.

This is what the Cardinal of Madagascar, Désiré Tsarahazana, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toamasina, says, leaving the first meeting of the new Pope with the cardinals gathered in Rome for the conclave

[NHK] The conclave, the election to decide the new Pope, began in the Vatican on the 7th, but the pope was not decided in the first round of voting on the first day...