A white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on the roof of the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, announcing the election of a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

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

Prevost spent over 20 years as a missionary in Peru and later served as the Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. His deep ...

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, ...

As the first pope to come from North America and a well-respected moderate, Pope Leo XIV has the chance to unite the church.

The new Pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the ...

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

Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, who is currently de facto head while the Church of England seeks a new archbishop of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

The world watched Vatican City with anticipation, and on Thursday afternoon, white smoke finally billowed from the Sistine ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...