Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation in Vatican City.

The big picture: Crowds filled Saint Peter's Square ... window of the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica during the Conclave to elect the new Pope in Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis emerged ... the crowd shouted as Francis looped through the square in his open-topped popemobile and then up and down the main avenue leading to it.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square as cardinals voted in first ballot. Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals ...

Pope Francis makes first public appearance since March 23 Francis greets crowds at Vatican from wheelchair Pope, 88, taking two months of rest after surviving pneumonia VATICAN CITY, April 6 ...

Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation in Vatican City.