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

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

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White smoke ...

White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinals inside have elected a new pope. But we don't yet know his identity.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Provost, 69, ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.