The Latest Breaking News from Conclave

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic church. During their deliberations, the only indications of their progress are the regular plumes of smoke wafting from a freshly installed chimney perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis

The secret election to choose a new Pope has been going on for centuries

Veteran Vatican official Angelo Becciu will not be in the running to be the new Pope

Pope called for ‘authentic and lasting peace’ in Ukraine and ceasefire in Gaza

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

Senator Lindsey Graham said the president was ‘a dark horse candidate’ after Trump joked that he would like to be Pope

Angelo Becciu is the once-powerful Italian cardinal who formally withdrew his participation in the conclave on Tuesday

Angelo Becciu, an Italian cardinal convicted of embezzlement and stripped of his privileges by Pope Francis, confirmed Tuesday he will not take part in the conclave to elect a new Catholic leader.

The theologian added that the timing of 2024 film Conclave “couldn’t be more powerful”

After the horror of the LA wildfires and with the world in uproar, some had called for the show not to go on. But up in the mezzanine with the shouty hoi polloi, I saw that hope really does spring eternal here