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

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and ...

President Trump reacted on Truth Social to the announcement of Pope Leo as the first U.S. pope. Pope Leo XIV is far from the first to influence Catholic leaders worldwide. Bishop Matano recounted the ...

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and Jack, 28, admitted they didn’t know too much about the new Pope Leo XIV, ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the Unites States delivers the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the ...

Robert Prevost's election as the new pope marks the first time a person from the United States was selected as the head of ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

However, the camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, is responsible for recording the results of the final vote count in writing, ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...