White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon, indicating the cardinals had elected a successor to Pope Francis.

A North East priest who was in the Vatican when Pope Leo was elected has spoken of the 'excitement' of the historic occasion.

The Catholic Theological Union of Chicago is beaming with pride as their alumnus, Pope Leo XIV, prepares for his official inauguration, with messages of well wishes and prayers from the Augustinian Order and the university's community.

As the conclave reconvened in Italy on Thursday to elect Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Pope Francis, a priest who has a very well-known sibling was spotted in Rome

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

In a historic decision, the Roman Catholic Cardinals have elected the first American pope, and one Raleigh couple found themselves in the midst of the excitement while vacationing in Rome.

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John Prevost, one of the older brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said he briefly spoke with the pope to inform him they were headed to Rome.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

The pop star was photographed on May 8 in attendance at the conclave election of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, which is a photo that has now gone viral.