Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Provost, 69, ...

Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a 73-year-old Frenchman born in Morocco, is expected to make the announcement — unless he himself is elected pope. Then the new pope himself will appear and address the ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming with emotion.

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After voting, ballots are burned in a special stove — black smoke signals no ...

Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to hail from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV's first Latin Mass with the College of Cardinals will start on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:00 local time (2 p.m.

Vatican clerks and cardinals congratulated Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, as he was leaving the Sistine Chapel.

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.