The 69-year-old will become Leo XIV as he succeeds the late Pope Francis, who brought the Peruvian-American to the Vatican ...

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, ...

US Catholics flocked to churches across the country in a celebratory mood to mark the "excitement" of the first-ever American ...

In his first public message, Pope Leo XIV said the Church should "receive everybody," but some of his past comments haven't ...

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

Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one ...

The first pope from the U.S. was born. On Tuesday, the second day of the conclave, 133 cardinal electors elected U.S.