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VATICAN CITY -- Responding to Pope John Paul II's request, the Vatican will depart from centuries-old tradition by ringing bells in addition to sending up white smoke to signal the election of his ...

Church bells rang throughout the Vatican in Rome as a new Pope was appointed to lead the Catholic Church. Video shows bells tolling in the city after American Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected ...

VATICAN CITY — The crowd screamed, cheered and waved flags Tuesday as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, elected the new pope, made his first balcony appearance and addressed the faithful as "dear ...

The bells of La Crosse's Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman began tolling around 11:15 a.m. They joined the bells tolling in Vatican City, which accompanied the White smoke pouring from a chimney at ...