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The Latest: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV • May 8, 2025, 4:48 PM ET (AP)
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens • May 7, 2025, 5:01 PM ET (AP)
The Latest: No pope chosen as black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel • May 7, 2025, 3:12 PM ET (AP)
They don't vote in the conclave, but nuns leading the world's Catholic orders gather in Rome • May 5, 2025, 5:49 PM ET (AP)

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