VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

"Habemus papam! We have a pope!" AFTER white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney on May 8, a new papacy began ...

What’s in a name? That’s a question Catholics often ask after a new pope is elected. One of his first official acts of a new ...

Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

ShareWith his election yesterday by 133 Catholic Cardinals as the Bishop of Rome and the Leader of the 1.4 billion Catholics around the World, Robert Cardinal Prevost becomes the first Catholic leader ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he was introduced by the name Leo XIV. The ...

John was the most popular, chosen by 23 popes, followed by Benedict and Gregory, each with 16 ... elected in 2005. Pope ...

For example, Pope Francis chose his name to honor St. Francis of Assisi, and his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, chose his ...

The announcement: After a new pope is chosen, a senior cardinal steps onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and proclaims ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...

and locals became so frustrated with the dithering that they removed the roof from the building where the cardinals were staying. They eventually elected Pope Gregory X.