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

The world watched Vatican City with anticipation, and on Thursday afternoon, white smoke finally billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney - signaling that a new pope has been elected.

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

Every weekday St. Ambrose Cathedral in Downtown Des Moines has a church service at noon. On Thursday, as people were walking ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

On Thursday, Catholic cardinals elected the first American pope in the Church's history. Robert Frances Prevost, from Chicago ...

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

The Catholic Church has named a new pope, American Cardinal Robert Prevost. He’s chosen the name Leo XIV. We want to know how ...

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

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Hours after the Pope Leo XIV announcement, Catholics in the Seattle area said they were processing the news and hoped Leo ...