Leo is a member of the Order of St. Augustine, the only Augustinian in this conclave. The order, founded in 1244 under Pope ...

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, ...

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

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.

As Catholics, our arms will be wide open to the world. We will accompany the world. We will live in the world.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, originally from Chicago and known for his extensive missionary work in Peru, has been elected the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV.

Whether you are American, you are an Italian, you are Asian, European or whatever race or descent, it doesn’t undermine your ...

The faithful cheered in the Vatican square, waving flags from many countries in celebration at the arrival of the news ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

The bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge ...

White smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney as crowds erupted in cheers and a bell tolled - signifying that 133 ...

We have a pope! I join with Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston and throughout the world, along with people of good will, ...