The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers as the white smoke billowed into the air. It meant the winner secured at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke ...

During the entire papal conclave, seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney, delighting onlookers. See social ...

The world officially has a new pope in Robert Francis Prevost, the first American ever to become pontiff, and with his ...

Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” ...

Perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, three birds were the among the first to glimpse the white smoke signaling a new pope.

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals ...

The new Pope has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope, the ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...

Prevost, 69, was born and studied in Chicago, receiving a degree in Theology at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago.