The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican’s ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year histo ...

Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Vatican Square to witness the first appearance of the newly elected pope. White smoke was released from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday evening, ...

White smoke means a new pope has been chosen, while black smoke signals that a two-thirds majority vote has not yet been reached.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the 267th leader of the Catholic Church and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. He greeted thousands of onlookers.