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

A white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on the roof of the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, announcing the election of a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is holding a news conference Thursday to speak on the historic election of an American ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

Prevost is the first US citizen to hold the position of head of the Roman Catholic Church and in the run-up to the conclave, ...

World leaders congratulate new Pope Leo XIV - Messages quickly came in from US president Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been announced as the successor to Pope Francis on Thursday (May 8) after 133 cardinals voted in ...

For the first time in history an American has been elected as Pope.The idea of an American pope has often been dismissed, ...

Robert Prevost's election as the new pope marks the first time a person from the United States was selected as the head of ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the new leader of the Catholic Church and has chosen the name of Pope Leo XIV. After just ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV.After he was unveiled as 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.