The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and direct federal agencies to update their documents and maps to incorporate the new name.

The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican’s ...

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, ...

Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers as the white smoke billowed into the air. It meant the winner secured at ...

The first American pope in history was elected today and he chose a very significant papal name. Here's what it means and why popes choose a new name.

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White smoke ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful ...

VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White smoke ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo said, “Peace be with ...