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

Father Robert was in Rome, along with many other members of the Catholic clergy, to be there during the papal conclave in 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.

History was made Thursday when cardinals gathered in Rome for the conclave elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the first ever ...

The bells of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan rang for more than an hour as news spread that a new pope had been chosen ...

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

The conclave of the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope on the second day of balloting at the Vatican.

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 has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of antipopes as well.

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

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’ s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with ...