"He's Sox, and then the radio announced Cubs, and that's not true," said the pope's older brother, John Prevost.

Pope Leo XIV greeted the adoring crowd in St. Peter's Square in his new papal robes. Pope Leo is the first American to ever serve as the leader of the Catholic church. White South Africans demonstrate ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

(Alessandra Tarantino | AP) Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to elect the new pope.

A Portland family who lost just about everything in a devastating fire last month is now facing another hardship. The Levesque family had several items stolen from their property on Meshomasic Trail ...

Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals ... which keeps the fire's temperature low. As a result, many of the larger ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

Here puffs of black smoke mark voting rounds that fail to converge on a winner until the cardinals announce that they have come to an agreement by releasing a plume of white smoke, the dramatic ...

The trip, planned over a year ago, was meant to be a visit to the holiest place of their Catholic faith. Vaskov described the ...

Donald Trump was quick to celebrate the election of the first U.S.-born pope. But if Leo XIV‘s expressed political views are ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected Thursday as the first American pope. Here’s what to know about him and ...