White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday ...

The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

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

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds majority to elect a ...

The next Pope is Robert Francis Prevost,ABC News reports.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...