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​,​ ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

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, ...