The Latest Breaking News from Giovanni Battista Re

White smoke from Sistine Chapel confirms new Pope elected

An announcement in Latin of Habemus Papam, meaning ‘we have a Pope’ is made alongside the new pontiff’s appearance.

Evening Standard · May 8, 2025

Black smoke for second day at Vatican as voting fails to elect a pope

Catholic cardinals deadlocked in Sistine Chapel and must cast fresh ballot

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2025

Black smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney confirms no pope elected in first conclave vote

Cardinals to return to Sistine Chapel on Thursday to continue secret meeting to elect new pontiff

Evening Standard · May 7, 2025

From 'conclave' to 'white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition

A change in popes is a complicated process

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

The Latest: Catholic cardinals to sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of the conclave

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis who died in April at the age of 88

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

Secret and rigorous voting ritual to elect a new pope set to begin

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

Trump news at a glance: US president meets Zelenskyy at Vatican as popularity plunges at home

US president says after meeting that maybe Vladimir Putin ‘doesn’t want to stop the war’; Trump’s US polling figures slide – key US politics stories from Saturday 26 April at a glance

The Guardian - US · Apr 27, 2025

World bids farewell to 'profound' Pope Francis as 400,000 mourners gather for touching Vatican funeral

Heads of state, royalty and religious leaders joined 400,000 mourners in Rome to pay their respects to His Holiness

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2025

Amid plea to build bridges at papal funeral, Trump has a revelation – about Russia

US president’s epiphany that Putin may not want to stop Ukraine war follows ‘symbolic’ talk with Zelenskyy in St Peter’s Basilica

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2025

Mourners fill St Peter’s Square as politics hangs over farewell to Pope Francis

Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets of Rome to send the Pope to his final resting place

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025