FILE - A priest holds a sacrament bowl showing a photograph of Pope Francis during a Holy Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File ...

Pope Francis arriving to celebrate Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, in February 2023. Picture: Ben Curtis/AP ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with a needle and the white or black smoke to signal ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with a needle and the white or black smoke to signal ...