At almost 8pm on the nose on Wednesday, clouds of black smoke appeared over the Vatican. That meant that the first ballot in ...

A new pope has been elected. Robert Francis Prevost, of the United States, and the first American pope, has been selected by ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave. His papal ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the new pope, after a puff of white smoke was seen.

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are there Indiana ties? What we know.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...

Prevost was the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since 2023.

White smoke has emerged from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signalling a new pope has been chosen to replace the late ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who will now lead the Vatican as Pope Leo XIV, is an alumnus of Villanova University. He went to St.