Catholics around the world are eagerly waiting to find out who will succeed Pope Francis, and they’ll soon know once the Sistine Chapel releases the highly anticipated white smoke. Here’s when you ...

CHICAGO – At St. Mary of the Assumption school in Chicago’s southern suburbs, Robert Prevost was quiet, kind and studious. Mostly, he wanted to be a priest. It was the 1960s, and the parish school was ...

On Thursday, May 8, a conclave took place in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. 133 cardinals from 71 countries gathered to elect a new Pope. White smoke appeared over the Sistine Chapel, Sky News ...

(CNN) — White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the conclave. His identity, and the name he will take as pontiff, will be ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS58) — It was a moment that moved millions, and right here in Milwaukee, one friar couldn’t believe his ears. In only two days, the conclave has come together to announce who will lead ...

Vatican City: White smoke is billowing from the top of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday indicating the cardinals have selected the next Pope, local media reported. The voice of the six ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

Pope Leo XIV, in his first public appearance after he was elected, waves from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was elected on ...