Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, a day ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as pope on Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with ...

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

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...

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

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

The U.S.-born cleric, who also has a Peruvian citizenship, entered the ornate chapel in the Apostolic Palace, accompanied by ...

The door to the Sistine Chapel closed as the cardinals begin the process of choosing the new pope. The conclave starting ...