Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

The papal conclave has ended with white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named the bishop of Rome and will take the name ...

Well-wishers cheered as the successor to the late Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica yesterday.

Vatican City — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled ...

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

Bishop William Byrne of the Diocese of Springfield is expected to deliver remarks on Thursday’s election of Pope Leo XIV.

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

Chicagoans are showing hometown pride online after one of their own, Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected the next pope.

Habemus Papam: "We have a pope." White smoke finally billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon, signaling to the world that the papal conclave has chosen a new pope to succeed Pope ...