The first American pope in history was elected today and he chose a very significant papal name. Here's what it means and why popes choose a new name.

Many fans of the hit show The Sopranos have been shocked to learn that late actor Tony Sirico, who played Paul ‘Paulie ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope.

The conclave of the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope on the second day of balloting at the Vatican.

The late Pope Francis brought the 69-year-old to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop ...

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

Tributes from around the globe are pouring in after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the 267th pontiff of the ...

Pope Francis's successor is decided after 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel on 7 May to start the conclave.

As the conclave reconvened in Italy on Thursday to elect Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Pope Francis, a priest who has a ...

Here are some of the challenges that newly elected Pope Leo XIV will face as he takes up the mantle of Pope. The world will ...