Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Leo's first clue was his choice of name. Popes often use this choice to send their first major signal about the priorities of ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

History was made Thursday when cardinals gathered in Rome for the conclave elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the first ever ...

The bells of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan rang for more than an hour as news spread that a new pope had been chosen ...

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...

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

Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the ...

Many fans of the hit show The Sopranos have been shocked to learn that late actor Tony Sirico, who played Paul ‘Paulie ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s ...