Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected the new pope and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Prevost's election as the new pope marks the first time a person from the United States was selected as the head of ...

But it has not always been so quick: The conclave that ended with the election of Pope Gregory X on Sept. 1, 1271, took two years, nine months and two days. The period between the death of a pope ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

Behind closed doors in the chapel, they will hold as many rounds of voting as prove necessary to select the 267th leader of the world's 1.4 billion ... conclave, Pope Gregory X was finally elected ...

On Thursday, the election of the first American-born pope brought excitement to many Catholics across metro Atlanta. “I think ...

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

The conclave will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote on who should be the next leader of the 1.4 ...