The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

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

Older brother John Prevost revealed the shocking details from a prophetic phone call he had with then-Cardinal Robert Francis ...

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

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After voting, ballots are burned in a special stove — black smoke signals no ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope on Thursday, the second day of the papal conclave to succeed Pope ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

Louisville Archbishop Shelton Fabre said newly elected Pope Leo XIV is the right man to lead the Catholic church in these ...

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

Leo is a member of the Order of St. Augustine, the only Augustinian in this conclave. The order, founded in 1244 under Pope ...

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