Pope Leo XIV elected first-ever US pontiff in historic Conclave vote - Chicago native selected after four rounds of voting by ...

American Robert Prevost has become the 267th pope after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the ...

White smoke drifting from the Sistine Chapel's chimney shows that cardinals who gathered from around the world to vote on a ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope after a two-day conclave, and was revealed to onlookers in St Peter's Square ...

The new pope, US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. There are around 1.41 billion ...

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke appeared.

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, ...

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

The first American pope in history was elected today and he chose a very significant papal name. Here's what it means and why popes choose a new name.

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