Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Pope Leo XIV led his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel a day after being elected as the head of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo ...

Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected as the ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

This livestream has ended. White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected ...

With no candidate securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the world will need to wait longer for a new ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...