The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke ...

In a process that could've taken weeks, months or even years, and has in the past, the new pope was chosen in the third round ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and the crowd erupted in cheers on the second day of the papal conclave when white smoke billowed.

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

The Augustinian cardinal and former missionary in Peru has been elected the new pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's 1.4 ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevos in the U.S., has been chosen to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church. The announcement comes on the second day of the papal conclave.

The plume of dark smoke indicates that the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside the chapel have not reached the required ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops globally, has spent much of his life ...

Vatican City — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled ...

The conclave of the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope on the second day of balloting at the Vatican.