Although any baptized Catholic man is technically eligible to be the pope, none of the previous 266 popes in history had been ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope on the second day of Conclave, taking the name of Leo XIV, after becoming the first-ever American to be elected to the position in the 2,000-year ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

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.

He appeared at the Basilica Central Loggia as tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square. He spoke in Italian, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds ...

Cardinal Prevost announces papal name as Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Prevost selected the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon ...

Trump welcomes new American-born pope and says he can’t wait to meet him - despite Leo XIV once blasting Vance - The new pope ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American, was elected as the new pope. Here's how world leaders are reacting:U.S. President Donald ...

The new Pope Leo XIV weighed in on the abuse scandals that have hammered the Catholic Church. The then Robert Francis Prevost ...

The College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, as the new pope. This is how to congratulate the ...

In the lead-up to Pope Leo XIV’s election, there was much speculation about how the new pontiff would compare to his ...