Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Vatican City — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled ...

Robert Prevost, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, was not among the top contenders, making his selection a relative surprise.

The year is 2025 and you can seemingly bet on anything and everything related to current events across the globe. That included this month's selection of ...

Tens of million of dollars were bet on who would lead world's Catholics, a practice frowned up on by the Church.

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.

Robert Francis Prevost becomes first American-born Pope after Italian Pietro Parolin surged in odds to take the vacant seat.

Pope Leo XIV—the American Robert Francis Prevost—was a close ally of Pope Francis. The two share many of the same views on ...

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