VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a US-born missionary and senior Vatican official, was elected pope on Thursday evening, becoming the ...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday after four rounds of voting as the new head of the Catholic ...

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 ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

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

Students, faculty, and staff came together at Parkersburg Catholic High School on May 8 to see the historic moment of the ...

The world watched Vatican City with anticipation, and on Thursday afternoon, white smoke finally billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney - signaling that a new pope has been elected.

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

Hours after the Pope Leo XIV announcement, Catholics in the Seattle area said they were processing the news and hoped Leo ...