To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian and was close to Pope Francis.

Across the nation’s capital, Catholics joyously welcomed the news of the church’s first U.S.-born pope. “I never thought in my lifetime I would see an American pope,” said Rev. Msgr. W. Ronald Jameson,

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that the cardinals locked in a conclave have not yet chosen a new pope to guide the Roman Catholic Church.