The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley ...

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

For the first time in the history of the Vatican, an American Cardinal has been elected to lead as the head of the global ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

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

There were seagulls loitering by the tin chimney at the Vatican as it billowed white smoke heralding the election of Pope Leo XIV the first all-American pope, evocative of land ahoy that seagulls used ...

A historic moment unfolded in Vatican City on Thursday as the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church was announced, and a group of Loras Coll ...

Many expect the new pontiff to be a bridge-builder in the Vatican, more centrist than liberal or conservative, and a pope who will be guided by the pursuit of social equality and compassion for the po ...

It was an electrifying moment on Thursday May 8 when Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, 14 September 1955) was elected the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.