After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

Pope Leo XIV has been elected following roughly 24 hours of deliberation among the 133-member College of Cardinals, the ...

The next vote will take place at about 17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, a surprise choice who took the name ...

The new pontiff has taken the name Leo XIV and will be the first American pope in history.