Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

"Peace be with you all," he told the cheering crowd in fluent Italian. Leo, who became the church's 267th pope, also spoke in ...

News of white smoke led students down the hall to the auditorium at Regis Catholic School late Thursday morning.

After four rounds of voting, the conclave decided who will be the next to lead the 1.4 billion-member church. After four rounds of voting, the conclave decided who will be the next to lead the 1.4 ...

After four rounds of voting, the conclave decided who will be the next to lead the 1.4 billion-member church. This North ...

White smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney as crowds erupted in cheers and a bell tolled - signifying that 133 ...

The world watched Vatican City with anticipation, and on Thursday afternoon, white smoke finally billowed from the Sistine ...

We have a pope! I join with Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston and throughout the world, along with people of good will, ...

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

White smoke from the chimney of the Sistene Chapel has signaled that on the second day of the conclave, a new pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.