White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:09 p.m. Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the College of ...

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

It signals that a new pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. The news means the winner secured at least 89 votes ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

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

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, ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known by his pontifical name of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old, born on the ...

What will Pope Leo XIV do? Will he continue the policies of Pope Francis or take the Catholic church in another direction?

Pope Leo XIV's first Latin Mass with the College of Cardinals will start on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:00 local time (2 p.m.