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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost on Thursday became the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

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

On Day 2, the cardinals will begin their day with a mass in the Pauline Chapel and then retreat to the Sistine Chapel for ...

Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

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

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.