Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until ...

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

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 ...

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

Never in a million years did Kielce Gussie think her faith would take her from Middleburg, Florida, all the way to the ...

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

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...

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

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected as the new leader of the Catholic Church and taking the name Leo XIV, is a soft-spoken ...

Black smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave. That meant that no new pope had been elected ...