How the election of a new Pope caught some in the media off guard.

Governance is not just about power—it is about stewardship.” ...

On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

As Pope Leo XIV gave his first Sunday blessing to a crowd in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, parishes around the globe and ...

The pre-conclave favorite, Italy’s Pietro Parolin had a good number of preferences in the first two votes, but his support ...

For over two thousand years, the papacy has been shaped by the bloodlines of Europe, an uninterrupted stream of spiritual authority flowing from Rome, passing through German, Polish, and Argentine ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

It was an electrifying moment on Thursday May 8 when Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, 14 September 1955) was elected the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...