As the Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Francis and its all-male College of Cardinals prepares to elect his successor ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pope in 2,000 years. What are his political views? Has he said anything about ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we ...

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

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Notre Dame Provost John McGreevy said he expects some tension between the Vatican and the White House over immigration and ...

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff’s continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared their reaction to "fellow Chicagoan" Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope Leo XIV, the ...

A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a ...

ROME In the conclave, it is the Holy Spirit that decides. Francis knew this well, and in fact, in the book titled 'Do Not ...

Whoever follows Francis must take up the legacy of Vatican II and of Pope Francis and engage the world without fear because ...