The first American Pope in history has been named as Robert Francis Prevost in a landmark conclusion to the Conclave on ...

President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born ...

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in secrecy and ceremony, took longer than expected ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, greeted thousands from St. Peter's Basilica, saying "Peace be ...

Anthea Butler, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and CBS News papal contributor ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

Catholic cardinals will enter into conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding their breath over an uncertain outcome.

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

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

In Louisiana, a state with strong ties to Catholicism, here's how officials and local dioceses reacted to the news of their ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected the 267th pope after two days of deliberations at the papal conclave.