The Derro family just happened to be in Italy during the conclave where the Catholic Church chooses a new pope where they not ...

The process of choosing a new Pope is shrouded in secrecy, as the cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel until a new ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Robert Prevost, a tennis-loving, Wordle-playing White Sox fan from Chicago, is now leader of the world's nearly 1.5 billion Catholics. Vatican observers describe what the election of Leo XIV, the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

One of the biggest challenges Pope Leo XIV faces has to do with whether the Church should be more welcoming towards the LGBT ...

This past week, the whole world tuned into the Papal conclave, wherein the next leader of the Catholic Church or the vicar of ...

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley.