Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The ...

Cardinals set for more talks after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals ...

After a day of ceremony and centuries-old ritual, the 133 cardinal electors have begun voting on who should succeed Pope ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered this homily at the “Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" ...

With Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgment behind him, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of liturgical ceremonies, closes ...

"I came just to pray for a pope who will be good for the Church, who will run the church with compassion, love, and loving ...