A brief papal conclave ended on Thursday, May 8 after Robert Prevost (known as Pope Leo XIV) made history as the first ...

Hours after the Pope Leo XIV announcement, Catholics in the Seattle area said they were processing the news and hoped Leo ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, wished the new pope well after his historic selection Thursday.

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pontiff, leaving some experts both “surprised and excited” about his papacy ...

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. After he was unveiled as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he spoke to huge crowds from the ...

Peter Obi congratulates Pope Leo XIV, praising his leadership qualities and the College of Cardinals' discernment, expressing ...

Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been picked to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church; he will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Attention now turns to what vision ...