Father Becket Franks, a seminary schoolmate of Pope Leo XIV, has known him for 56 years and has seen the beginnings of his ...

Leo, the first American and second Latin American pope, is holding his inaugural mass at the Vatican after waving to the faithful on the popemobile.

"This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States," writes Christopher Hale.

Thousands of pilgrims and curious onlookers in St Peter's Square cheered ... the smoke emitted was white, confirming that the Catholic Church has a new spiritual leader. It was not clear exactly ...

After the white smoke brought an initial cheer, the crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted in applause again as it was announced that the Catholic Church ... Pope Benedict XVI, began on April ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers Thursday when white ... church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church ... in St.