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White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Thursday, May 8, signaling that the Vatican has elected a new ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8 — taking ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations.

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff’s continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate ...