He is Cardinal Robert Prevost — an American from Chicago. Editor's note: This is a developing story. An earlier version ...

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

Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV.After he was unveiled as the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

After the white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the world learned that Pope Leo XIV would lead the church, Catholics ...

On Thursday, May 8, a conclave took place in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. 133 cardinals from 71 countries gathered to ...

Netizens called on the Catholic faithful to pray for “patience’ as black smoke billowed for the second time from the chimney ...

Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a ...

In the third-grade classroom, students filled out a worksheet about their knowledge of the century-old ritual.

Cardinals from around the world have elected the next pontiff, following the late Pope Francis' passing on 21 April. Follow ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV, becomes first US-born pope - The faithful cheered in the Vatican square, waving flags ...

White smoke drifting from the Sistine Chapel's chimney shows that cardinals who gathered from around the world to vote on a ...