The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

David Muir looks back at the historic day American Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the next pope. Germany to declare ...

The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

The students of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, who earlier this week held a mock conclave, were overjoyed Thursday when ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost became the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and ...

John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV’s older brother, talks to NBC Chicago about his conversations with his brother before the conclave ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

While cardinals were electing Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a group of Philadelphia students were selecting a pontiff of ...

When asked at the conclusion of a White House ceremony honoring military mothers for his reaction to a new pope being chosen, ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...