Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Leo gave a prepared address and then opened the floor to any cardinal who wanted to make a comment, a different format to ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

In his first remarks from the balcony, Leo XIV stressed the role of Catholics and the church as peacemakers and ...

As the veil lifts on the secretive proceedings of the papal conclave, a cardinal has offered a rare glimpse into the moment ...

In 'Life', Pope Francis told his story for the first time, sharing the origins of ideas that characterised his papacy.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

This pope will make mistakes; don’t we all? But on this day, Melinda Henneberger looks to him with great hope. | Opinion ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Tens of thousands of Catholics gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday to witness Pope Leo XIV hold the "Regina Caeli" prayer for the first time.