Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

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

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

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass this morning following his election, calling on the Church to focus on areas where ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert Prevost to become the next leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. He'll take the name Pope Leo XIV.

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

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

A new pope has now been selected following the death of Pope Francis on Monday 21 April, with white smoke being spotted emerging from inside the Sistine Chapel. It was previously confirmed that the ...

Pope Francis' successor has been found by the Vatican, with white smoke emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. The confirmation of a new leader of the Catholic Church comes ...