Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — At 69 Leo XIV was elected pope at a significantly younger age than his two immediate ...

Fight! “ The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “Peace.” The contrast between ...

Pope Francis was elected on 13 March 2013 at age 76 ... The last non-European pontiff before him was Pope Gregory III, who reigned from 731 to 741 and was born in what is now Syria.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary born in Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the ...

"What does the elevation of Cardinal Robert Prevost to Pope Leo XIV mean for New Orleans Catholics?" asks columnist Robert ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles. The Vatican posted a first Instagram post Tuesday ...

The Rev. Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, wrote his doctoral thesis on the way local Augustinian superiors exercise ...