White smoke drifting from the Sistine Chapel's chimney shows that cardinals who gathered from around the world to vote on a ...

Federal and local U.S. leaders started to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, shortly after the announcement that an ...

The first American pope in history was announced on Thursday, and almost no one saw it coming, braggadocious prediction ...

Who is the new pope? Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago native and Augustinian priest. He was elected via conclave May 8 to serve as ...

Tributes from around the globe are pouring in after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.

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

After just one day of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new pontiff.

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

The conclave that named Leo the new pope began May 7 and concluded May 8. He was elected pope after four ballots, compared to the five ballots it took to elect his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, ...

An excerpt from an AP report said: “The new pontiff, who chose the name Leo XIV, was chosen on day two of the conclave. It ...

Prevost emerged as the successor to the late Pope Francis on the second day of voting by a papal conclave of more than 130 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Diocese of Tucson is responding to the announcement of the selection of Pope Leo XIV. The Diocese released the following statement on behalf of Most Reverend Gerald ...