Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...

In this case, it took only two days for Catholic cardinals to elect a successor to Pope Francis. That’s among the shortest ...

Robert Prevost has been selected as the next pope after white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday following a ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as the 267th Pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine ...

This photograph shows white smoke rising from the chinmey of the Sistine Chapel signaling that cardinals elected a new pope ...

Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...

Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to ...

“Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam [I announce to you a great joy. We have a pope,” said French Cardinal Dominique ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevos in the U.S., has been chosen to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic ...