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

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

Swiss Guards march after a new Pope was elected when 133 cardinals gathered on the second day of the conclave to select a ...

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

On their second day of voting, the cardinals elected a new Pope - marked by white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the ringing of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica. NBC News’ ...

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

The plume of dark smoke indicates that the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside the chapel have not reached the required ...

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, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...