Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news for the first day of the conclave on Wednesday, May 7. For the latest news and updates from the papal conclave, read USA TODAY's live updates for Thursday ...

“Habemus Papam.” We Have a Pope. After days of feverish speculation American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. The crowd reacts as ...

MANILA, Philippines — Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday (early Friday in the Philippines), taking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the ...

In case you missed it, the cardinals (not the ones from St. Louis) made a big announcement on Thursday afternoon. White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, signaling a new pope had been named – ...