Eagle-eyed fans spotted Harry Styles in the massive crowd at the Vatican greeting Pope Francis’ successor, Pope Leo XIV, on ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

People used to say that only Richard Nixon could go to China, so maybe only an American Pope can act as a moral check on the ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

President Donald Trump gushed over first lady Melania Trump 's mothering Thursday at an East Room event celebrating military ...

Let us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis that blesses Rome,” Leo said during his address on Thursday. “The Pope ...

The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke ...

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived being hospitalised with double pneumonia. Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s ...

Watch live to see the moment the new pope is revealed - he's expected to step out onto the balcony overlooking St Peter's ...

The next vote will take place at about 17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke ...