As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

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

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the Catholic Church’s new pope. His election was announced by the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, with the newly elected pope stepping out to address those gath ...