Although any baptized Catholic man is technically eligible to be the pope, none of the previous 266 popes in history had been ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope on the second day of Conclave, taking the name of Leo XIV, after becoming the first-ever American to be elected to the position in the 2,000-year ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump hails election of American pope, calls it ‘great honor’ for the US, adding he’s ‘surprised,’ ‘happy’ with choice.

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By Ian Lovett, Marcus Walker and Stacy Meichtry Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the 267th pontiff of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

The Russian president extended his best wishes to Pope Leo XIV, expressing hope for his success in fulfilling the "high mission entrusted to him," along with wishes for good health and well-being ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds ...

Cardinal Prevost announces papal name as Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Prevost selected the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, addressed the crowd at St Peter's ...