(AP Photo/Francisco ... out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. More than 130 Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to lead the Catholic Church. The first U.S. pope in history said he ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the dangers caused by a lack of faith and hoping the Catholic Church could ...

People outside the church quickly expressed their desire for a papal visit. Faithful hold a photo of Pope Leo in ... of the chimney from the Sistine Chapel. Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, planned ...

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday ... white smoke emerged from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, signaling that a new pope had been ...

Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church ... walked out of the frescoed chapel as Pope Leo XIV. The first American pope also smiled to the electors and ...

one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. Just after noon on Thursday, the Vatican released white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a new pope was selected.

A new pope has been elected on Thursday, May 8. “White smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney. The Catholic Church has its 267th Pope. The bells of St. Peter’s ring out to announce ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white ... a two-thirds majority to elect a new pope for the Catholic Church. American cardinal Robert Prevost was announced ...