What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, returned to the ...

Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world on Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of ...

The American Pope began his homily speaking in English. Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV delivered this homily at his first Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV emerged from the conclave as the first American pontiff in history, he headed back into the Sistine Chapel to celebrate the liturgy.

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

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Pope Leo XIV was announced as the successor of the late Pope Francis, who recently passed away at the age of 88.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday in the Sistine Chapel. The big picture: During the ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.