White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. After he was unveiled as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he spoke to huge crowds from the ...

LGBTQ+ Catholics saw Pope Francis’ stance on homosexuality as a strong defense against discrimination in the church ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV, becomes first US-born pope - The faithful cheered in the Vatican square, waving flags ...

Peter Martin, former U.S. diplomat for the Embassy to the Holy See, looks into Pope Leo XIV's potential impact.

Executive Director for the Maryland Catholic Conference Jenny Kraskatalks about what Pope Leo XIV means for Maryland.

He is Cardinal Robert Prevost — an American from Chicago. Editor's note: This is a developing story. An earlier version ...