Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

The conclave to elect the 267th pope ended after the second day of voting on Thursday, marking one of the shortest conclaves ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in a post to X on Wednesday that he and the other North American cardinals will bring the "in ...

"I just felt my heart ask the Lord to really bless this man and to give him the courage, the wisdom and the strength to go ...

Let us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis that blesses Rome,” Leo said during his address on Thursday. “The Pope ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (WPVI) -- American Cardinal Robert Prevost, now named Pope Leo XIV, has a strong tie to the Philadelphia region. Prevost, a 69-year-old from Chicago, graduated from Villanova University ...

White smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel's chimney signals that Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen as the new pope.

And the new pope is making history in a new way. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope, and he will be ...

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

Many Catholics in the Northland were pleasantly surprised when the conclave selected an American to become the next Pope.