David Ramos/Getty Images Pope Leo ... numbers for the Mass. Now it is saying that by the end of the ceremony, some 200,000 people had reached the Vatican. Pope Leo greeted dozens of world leaders ...

Trusting the process They say it's an exciting time, not just for Catholics, but for everyone. As all eyes are on the Vatican, churchgoers at St. Pius X in ... mass when the new pope is selected.

Our own “Leo the great” is a permanent reminder of the great pope after whom he is named. The next pope among those few, those happy few, personal favorites would be St. Pius V. Elected pope ...

“We're saying ... The eventual winner, Gregory X, tightened up conclave rules. The longest conclave in modern times, in 1903, ended when Pope Pius X was chosen after five days.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Pope Pius XII is a particularly contentious figure due to his perceived silence during the Holocaust. While defenders argue he worked behind the scenes to help Jews, critics say he failed to ...

Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost and the first U.S. pope, looked calm as he delivered the Mass in the ... painted a picture of the Church he would like to see, saying he would seek to ...

No rest for the new pope! Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Mass ... Pius XII in 1939. The longest conclave was in the 13th century, when it took nearly three years to elect Pope Gregory X ...

Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the Sistine Chapel at ... In the homily, Leo, 69, painted a picture of the Church he would like to see, saying he would seek to serve as the “faithful administrator ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday in the ... In the homily, Leo, 69, painted a picture of the church he would like to see, saying he would seek to serve as the ...