The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican’s ...

Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers as the white smoke billowed into the air. It meant the winner secured at ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo said, “Peace be with ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke ...

Prevost emerged as the successor to the late Pope Francis on the second day of voting by a papal conclave of more than 130 ...

The College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, as the new pope. This is how to congratulate the ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV in a historic conclave that signals ...

President Trump offered his congratulations on Thursday after a new pope was chosen. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who ...