American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

Fans react to Harry Styles seemingly attending the announcement of Robert Prevost, Leo XIV, as Pope Francis’ successor at the ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

The cardinals voting inside the chapel were presumably unaware of the meme-worthy performance above their heads.View on ...

Speaking to BBC News, Mathew Schmalz, a professor in Catholic studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, says ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Many Catholics in the Northland were pleasantly surprised when the conclave selected an American to become the next Pope.

Cardinals have elected a new pope who will appear on the Vatican balcony soon and be named—watch our live stream.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in a post to X on Wednesday that he and the other North American cardinals will bring the "in ...

A seagull perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel appeared to regurgitate a rat as white smoke poured out of the sacred building’s chimney, signifying a new Pope had been chosen.

The bells at the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart rang in celebration this afternoon as white smoke billowed from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City ...