Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

Cardinals of the Catholic Church ended the conclave and chose a new pope. Here's what to know about Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.