Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...

Cardinals from all over the world will gather in conclave on Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis. There were 135 ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

Among the thousands of faithful celebrating in the square the election of the new pope were many from the United States, some ...

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...

While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...

Conservative-leaning Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana would, like Ambongo, be the Catholic Church's first contemporary African pope if selected. But the Ghanaian, who was the first man from his ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...