His tally was rising with each round of voting, while support for the early front-runner—Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin—was ...

Following the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff elected from the U.S., American cardinals shared their reaction to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising ...

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...

With the world still wondering how the fledgling papacy of Leo XIV will take wing, cardinals and other clerics gave glimpses ...

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting ...

Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A. and ”American Pie" as six cardinal electors from the United States celebrated the first ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Pope Leo XIV will face many challenges in his time as leader of the Catholic Church, including how to counter Chinese ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV has only been in the job one day and already faces a packed schedule of religious ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...