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

American cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the choice to replace Pope Francis. Bells at St. Peter's Basilica rang and ...

Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

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

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 ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

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

Pope Leo XIV said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV and is the first American pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.

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

When Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony in 2013, he opted for simple white robes. He chose the name “Francis," a nod to Francis of Assisi, an Italian saint who renounced his lavish lifestyle to ...