Pope Leo XIV said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first American pope and will be called Pope Leo XIV - A record 133 cardinals from 70 ...

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

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.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year histo ...

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds majority to elect a ...

The cardinal electors gathered for the papal conclave elected an American from among their own ranks on Thursday to serve as ...

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 ...