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

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

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 ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...

"Francis was my pope for less than two days," said a new Catholic visiting from the U.S. "I wish he'd stayed longer, because ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:09 p.m. Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the College of ...

It signals that a new pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. The news means the winner secured at least 89 votes ...

Just before the white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, a baby seagull landed on the roof. Norah O'Donnell shares ...

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.

St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Des Moines is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, marking a new chapter for the Catholic Church.

An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has ...