White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as the 267th Pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine ...

The papal conclave was officially over at around 6 p.m. local time Thursday after white smoke was seen rising from the ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...

The new pontiff is expected to reveal himself soon now that the conclave, a top-secret vote by cardinals at the Vatican, has concluded.

D ONALD TRUMP was not in the end chosen to be pope, as he had jokingly suggested. But on May 8th the cardinals of the Roman ...

American Robert Prevost has become the 267th pope after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the ...

Leo's first clue was his choice of name. Popes often use this choice to send their first major signal about the priorities of ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

As the first pope to come from North America and a well-respected moderate, Pope Leo XIV has the chance to unite the church.

The new Pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the ...