There was no "rancour" or "politcking" in the conclave to elect the new pope, England and Wales's most senior Roman Catholic ...

He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the top jobs in ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

Students in Oklahoma Catholic schools experienced an unforgettable week as they celebrated the election of the first American ...

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...

Newly elected American Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Mass Friday inside the Sistine Chapel. The pope spoke in both English ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and against the rich and powerful as he presided over his first Mass as leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics on Friday, and called for the ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...