The papal conclave will soon gather for an evening vote to pick the next head of the Catholic Church. Twice now, black smoke ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the U.S. is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the first U.S. pope. His name choice signals commitment to ...

In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers from new Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago, Catholics took ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

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 ...

White smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney as crowds erupted in cheers and a bell tolled - signifying that 133 ...

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

The newly-elected Pope Leo XIV's brother admitted to a piece of advice he offered before the conclave that could have changed ...

The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...

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