Kevin Jiang

6 days ago | thespec.com | Kevin Jiang |Mark Colley |Allan Woods |Tonda MacCharles

Catholic cardinals from around the world have chosen U.S.-born Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, as successor to Pope Francis. Follow the Star’s live coverage on the second day of the papal conclave.

6 days ago | thespec.com | Kevin Jiang |Dimitar Dilkoff |Antonio Calanni |Tiziana Fabi

Catholic cardinals from around the world have sequestered themselves within the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Follow the Star’s live coverage on the second day of the papal conclave. What we know:, which means cardinals have not yet chosen a new popeA two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is needed to elect a new pontiffThe cardinals will be locked in until a new pope has been selected.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Kevin Jiang

Thus concludes the first day of the conclave, a secretive, centuries-old selection process that can take years to resolve — although modern conclaves have taken no more than a week to elect the next pontiff. The ceremony comes more than a week after a quarter of a million people attended Francis’s funeral on April 26; he died April 21 at age 88.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Kevin Jiang

A new poll suggests most Canadians no longer feel safe travelling to America amid continued threats against Canadian sovereignty by U.S. President Donald Trump and the pressures of an ongoing trade war. Its findings follow months of plummeting cross-border travel as Canadians boycott U.S. tourism out of protest or fear — a trend the survey suggests may “get worse before it gets better,” Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the ACS, told the Star.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Allan Woods |Marisa Coulton |Rosie DiManno |Kevin Jiang

Catholic cardinals from around the world will sequester themselves within the Sistine Chapel beginning Wednesday to start the secretive process of selecting Pope Francis’s successor. The Holy See(gull)While all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel chimney to see if black or white smoke emerges, viewers watching live streams of the smoke stack have taken a special interest in a seagull sitting on the roof nearby.