Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope ...

Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected the new pope and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.