The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers as the white smoke billowed into the air. It meant the winner secured at ...

A historic moment unfolded in Vatican City as white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new ...

Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...

Pope Francis's successor is decided after 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel on 7 May to start the conclave.

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

President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday, "We were a little bit surprised, but very happy. It’s just a great, ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope.

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers, were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

The late Pope Francis brought the 69-year-old to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, formerly of Chicago, has been chosen as the first United State citizen to become leader of ...

Robert Francis Prevost has become the first pope from the United States, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from ...