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

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, just a day after being elected to replace the ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, a day ...

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

The door to the Sistine Chapel closed as the cardinals begin the process of choosing the new pope. The conclave starting ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

More than a dozen members of the Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton already traveling in Rome witnessed papal ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...