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

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a long-time missionary in Latin America, was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

The Catholic news journalist John L Allen once wrote that "the trash heaps of history are littered with the carcasses of ...

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a long-time missionary in Latin America, was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of ...

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a long-time missionary in Latin America, was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of ...

VATICAN CITY >> Cardinal Robert Prevost, a long-time missionary in Latin America, was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church today, becoming the first U.S. pope and ...

Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that the cardinals locked in a conclave ...

The 1979 murder of 18-year-old California college freshman Catina Salarno changed the course of her family's lives—sparking a ...

It's been one week since Pope Francis' funeral and burial. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED host Scott Detrow is in Rome to cover the upcoming conclave. He visited the Church of Saint Mary Major, the site of ...