The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with Pope ...

The Pope, as both the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican City, enjoys various privileges and immunities enshrined in international law and formalized through the Lateran Treaty and ...

Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

Pope Leo isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But Europe remains the largest source of cardinals.

In an intimate church service, Reverend Gerry Lococo celebrates mass as an ordained Roman Catholic priest in the basement of an Episcopal church in Brighton Heights. The community is called ...

Francis captured the imaginations of believers and non-believers alike. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

DETROW: Sylvia, a lot of attention on the name Leo, Pope Leo XIV. Tell us about the name Pope Leo in the Roman Catholic Church's history, how important this is. POGGIOLI: Well, the last Leo was ...

This process is called a conclave, and it is how the Roman Catholic Church chooses its next pope after a previous pope dies or retires. Here’s what you need to know about the process.