This is CBS News coverage of the election of Pope Leo XIV. Crowds in St. Peter's Square cheered as white smoke signaled a new ...

Whether you are American, you are an Italian, you are Asian, European or whatever race or descent, it doesn’t undermine your ...

The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost​, who will now forever be known as Pope Leo XIV​ and the first American pope​,​ ...

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences.

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

Crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square — and around the world — to see who had been elected as Pope Francis’ successor.

When selecting a name, popes often look to history and make a choice imbued with personal meaning. The decision can also ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will become Pope Leo XIV, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after the conclave ...