As the world reacted to Thursday’s historic news that an American, Robert Prevost, would lead the Roman Catholic Church as ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College of Cardinals convenes on Wednesday.

From the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Robert Prevost was introduced to the world today as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th leader ...

The display acts as a tribute and also a signal that the Catholic Church, and the culture and businesses that surround it, ...

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

Every time the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new Pope, the eyes of the world turn to the Sistine Chapel and, above all, ...

The next vote will take place at about 17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke ...

Leaders of countries and religions around the world have offered their congratulations and well wishes to the new Pope Leo ...

The new pope and head of the Catholic Church has officially been named after two days of deliberations. Pope Francis' ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers, were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

Robert Prevost, a Chicago native with extensive Midwest ties and a graduate of the Catholic Theological Union, made history ...