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

As Catholics from around the world were watching the white smoke pour out of the chimney in the Vatican, students in Toledo ...

If you are ever graced with the opportunity to be in St. Peter’s Square when the white smoke billows out of the Sistine ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the ...

A brief papal conclave ended on Thursday, May 8 after Robert Prevost (known as Pope Leo XIV) made history as the first ...

Prevost had appeared on just about every shortlist in the press in the days since Francis’ death. But deep down, I’m not sure ...

Bishop James Ruggieri of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says it's an "exciting" moment for the church that will help ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

"Francis was my pope for less than two days," said a new Catholic visiting from the U.S. "I wish he'd stayed longer, because ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday, May 8, ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...