As the whole world waited for white smoke to billow out of the Sistine Chapel, no one appeared quite as enraptured as Gen Z.

Who’d have thought choosing a new pope would produce the funniest memes in ages?

Gen Zers have made this into the TikTok papal conclave, partially inspired by the film.

But not this year. Gen Z – the first generation made up entirely of digital natives born between 1997 and 2012 – are taking ...

The conclave- which comes from the Latin for ‘cum cave’, or ‘locked with key’ – sees 133 cardinals secluded inside the ...

But not this year. Gen Z – the first generation made up entirely of digital natives born between 1997 and 2012 – are taking the papal conclave into the algorithm age, turning the process of ...

Bookmakers around the world are busy accepting bets. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican City Secretary of State is the ...

Hold onto your miters - this conclave is getting the meme treatment online, and Gen Z seem to have picked their favourite: ...

The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to choose ...