Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning ... die since Pope John Paul II in 2005 at age 84. Pope Benedict stepped down in 2013 and died in 2022 at the ...

in the Sistine Chapel, Leo XIV presided over his first Eucharistic Celebration as pontiff with the cardinal electors present. Wearing black shoes and a pastoral cross made for Benedict XVI and ...

The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert Prevost to become the next leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. He'll ...

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

The papal conclave was officially over at around 6 p.m. local time Thursday after white smoke was seen rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope had been elected.

American cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the choice to replace Pope Francis. Bells at St. Peter's Basilica rang and crowds cheered as the white smoke billowed from the chimney. The new leader ...

A conclave will go on for as long as needed. The longest was almost three years from 1268 to 1271. Some have been a day. The ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope. He is from the United States, born in Chicago, Illinois, which is a first from the Vatican. He was a mathematics major at Villanova ...