Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

The 69-year-old will become Leo XIV as he succeeds the late Pope Francis, who brought the Peruvian-American to the Vatican ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known by his pontifical name of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old, born on the ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After voting, ballots are burned in a special stove — black smoke signals no ...

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

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

VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White smoke ...

The conservative ire that has roiled Catholicism during the previous pontificate is likely to continue with this first ...