Pope Leo XIV’s election by the college of cardinals on Thursday surprised millions of Catholics around the world, including ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said after the election of Pope Leo XIV that he was eager to improve relations between Israel ...

The world receives a message of ‘peace and justice’ from the Vatican amid global turmoil and a long shadow of abuse in the ...

A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Former U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana has a unique perspective on the selection of Pope Leo XIV to succeed Pope Francis.

Peter Martin, chairman of the steering committee of Boston College's Church in the 21st Century Center and former U.S. diplomat for the Embassy to the Holy See, discusses the potential impact of ...

World leaders welcomed the election Thursday of Robert Francis Prevost as the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular goal: to elect ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another.

Ten Americans are among those listed as cardinal electors by the Holy See Press Office, including Joseph William Tobin, 72, a Detroit native who serves as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark ...