Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- emerged.

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

"Peace be with you," he told the cheering crowd in fluent Italian. Leo, who became the church's 267th pope, also spoke in ...

The conservative ire that has roiled Catholicism during the previous pontificate is likely to continue with this first ...

In his first speech as Pope Leo XIV remembered Pope Francis warmly. "We still hear in our ears the weak but always courageous ...

Pope Leo will have the challenge of following in the footsteps of the late Francis, whose popularity saw him dubbed ‘the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first U.S. pope.

We cut the festivities short so the kids could go to classrooms and watch the live coverage,” said Rob LePage, dean of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a US-born missionary and senior Vatican official, was elected pope on Thursday evening, becoming the ...

The new pontiff and Bernard Hebda, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have exchanged letters but ...

Pope Leo appeared to be a very calm person, he said. Cardinal Dew said all the cardinals had a chance to meet the new pope ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected the first pope from the United States on the second day of the ...