The end of each round of balloting will be signaled by smoke emanating from a stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke -- fumata nera in Italian -- indicates an inconclusive vote, while ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

Students in Oklahoma Catholic schools experienced an unforgettable week as they celebrated the election of the first American ...

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...

When Laura Gonzalez watched as newly elected Pope Leo XIV spoke to the crowd at St. Peter’s Square in Rome — and to the rest ...

Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

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