When Robert Francis Prevost stepped out on the balcony as Pope Leo XIV, he reintroduced himself to the world. But how did he choose his regnal name? “There are very few rules for the man at the top, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, it took only two days for Catholic cardinals to elect a successor to Pope Francis. That's among the shortest conclaves in ...

The newly elected pontiff, the first ever from the United States to hold the role, has been revealed from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the ...

When white smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel and the words "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope) echo across St Peter's Square, the Catholic Church gets its new leader. But even before he steps onto ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Millions of Catholics in Louisiana are waiting to find out who will now be the head of the Catholic Church, now that the Conclave has begun. “Catholics look towards a pope as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Cardinal Robert ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals... VATICAN CITY — As more than a billion Catholics around ...

Pope Francis during the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2024. [Tiziana FABI / AFP] The process of choosing a new Pope in the Roman Catholic Church is referred ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, it took only two days for Catholic cardinals to elect a successor to Pope Francis. That’s among the shortest conclaves in ...

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