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 ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Vatican Square to witness the first appearance of the newly elected pope. White smoke was released from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday evening, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the American Robert Prevost, said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace ...

After the white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney on Thursday, all across the world, learning the Catholic Church ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the 267th leader of the Catholic Church and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. He greeted thousands of onlookers.

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8) after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the ...

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

The new leader for Catholics around the world spent some of his younger years in West Michigan, local Catholic leaders say.

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...