The New York Times reported on the pope’s maternal African heritage only because a Black New Orleans genealogist by the name ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

The pope, as the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, is instantly recognizable by his flowing robes, ornate headwear, and ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he ...

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

There will only be smoke rising from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel if it is white - which means a successor has been ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV.

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and ...

On the first day of the conclave, cardinals took their oaths, heard a meditation from Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, and cast ...