Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

World leaders have started coming out to congratulate Robert Francis Prevost on becoming the new Pope including President ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by ...

Irish premier Micheal Martin and Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill have also congratulated the new pontiff.

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the ...

So, who is the new pope? American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, elected under the name Leo XIV, becomes the first pope ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel today for the second day of the conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis. Follow here for the latest.

Thick black smoke emerged on Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect ...