Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, the Filipino prelate recently elevated to the College of Cardinals, has offered a rare ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Vista said that American Catholics are no longer excluded from Rome by having the U.S.’s first pope, but are now a complete ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural mass Sunday, May 18, with world leaders and a crowd of 200,000 people gathered in St ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected 267th pontiff by the College of Cardinals during a papal conclave on ...

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...