Many Catholics around the world were stunned when Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope. When his ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave vote last night.

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

"There’s one other thing that's very interesting to me because President Trump, as you remember, called Haiti a certain ... he believes what Pope Francis believed is that a church is a church ...

The smoke emerged from the chimney at 6:07 p.m. Pope Francis appointed 108 of the cardinals ... including the developing nations of Haiti and Burkina Faso, in line with his belief the church ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

The life of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, came into focus Friday as the world digs into the past of the first American ...

It's possible the next pope could be from Africa, which, like Central America & the Caribbean is under-represented. Pope Francis leaves a Catholic Church that is more global than the one he inherited ...

a priest from Haiti who is studying in Rome, told NBC News shortly before Leo’s election was announced. “We always remember how Pope Francis understood this universality of the church,” he said in St.

They came from around the world, including the developing nations of Haiti and Burkina Faso ... home to 17 of the electors in the conclave choosing a successor to Pope Francis. Only four of the ...