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

With no candidate securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the world will need to wait longer for a new ...

Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected as the ...

The new Pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

The plume of dark smoke indicates that the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside the chapel have not reached the required ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

The 133 red-robed cardinals made a solemn procession into the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Wednesday to begin a first ...