All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to ...

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

Huge cheers from the crowd as the white smoke rises, everyone is running forward to see it. People are jumping up and down ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has dealt a blow to Chicago sports fans from his hometown as he revealed his favorite sport from a previous ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, returned to the ...

From hushed chambers to movie screens, the mysterious ritual of the papal conclave continues to captivate audiences worldwide ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

A day after becoming the first North American head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the ...

Students in Oklahoma Catholic schools experienced an unforgettable week as they celebrated the election of the first American ...