Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

Pope Leo XIV has explained that his papal name honors the Catholic Church’s tradition of social teaching while signaling a ...

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

And so, when the internet enlightened me about the existence of Pope Leo’s brothers - Louis and John Prevost, white-haired ...

The church can save some parishes if it allows nuns to do the ‘field hospital’ work Pope Francis talked of. The election of an American pope, Leo XIV, is a fitting culmination of a conclave that had ...

The Catholic Church has made history with the election of Robert Prevost, an American cardinal, as the new pope. After four rounds of voting, Prevost emerged victorious, becoming the first pope from ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

The end of each round of balloting will be signaled by smoke emanating from a stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke -- fumata nera in Italian -- indicates an inconclusive vote, while ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until ...