Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

Cardinal-electors take an oath to maintain “absolute and perpetual secrecy” concerning “all matters directly or indirectly ...

Since the election of Pope Leo XIV, a growing number of cardinals have been offering unusual glimpses into the conclave ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board th ...

Leo XIV was elected the 267th pope on May 8 after a conclave vote of cardinals that lasted less than 24 hours. Succeeding the ...

Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated as pontiff at a Mass in St Peter's Square today marking the official start of his papacy.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — They went into last week’s conclave ... including the former Cardinal Robert Prevost and other pastors in his image. But in the secret dynamics of the conclave, the Augustinian ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world watching for signs of what kind of pope he will be.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

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

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signifying cardinals had elected a new pope to lead the Catholic ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.