Whether you are American, you are an Italian, you are Asian, European or whatever race or descent, it doesn’t undermine your ...

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences.

This is CBS News coverage of the election of Pope Leo XIV. Crowds in St. Peter's Square cheered as white smoke signaled a new ...

The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost​, who will now forever be known as Pope Leo XIV​ and the first American pope​,​ ...

Charles Warner, who left a biomedical engineering career to pursue priesthood, helped distribute Holy Communion at Pope ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

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

More than a century ago, Pope Leo XIII issued Rerum Novarum , the Church’s groundbreaking endorsement of workers’ rights.

When selecting a name, popes often look to history and make a choice imbued with personal meaning. The decision can also ...

Crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square — and around the world — to see who had been elected as Pope Francis’ successor.

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...