Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. There has never ...

They say when they clap at the beginning it doesn’t matter much… If you are still awake at the end, and still want to applaud ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

When a new pope is elected, one of his first decisions is to choose a regnal name — a symbolic gesture that reveals spiritual ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

King Charles and Prince William will not attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass. Buckingham Palace announced that Prince ...

The tomb of Pope Paul VI lies in the extensive system of vaults ... No surprise, then, that Francis’s arrangements for his own funeral broke the mold. He wanted his departure from the Vatican ...

Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...

In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ...

Pope Leo XIV is expected to be questioned over his handling of sex abuse scandals at his first press conference as pontiff on ...

A cell phone tableau of inclusion and splendor from last year’s synod contrasts the Francis pontificate with this week’s ...

Habemus papam, Ozarks. Or rather, “We have a Pope, Ozarks.” In speed with the news of Cardinal Robert Prevost’s election as ...