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

In his first address to international media on Monday, Pope Leo XIV thanked journalists for their service to the truth and ...

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 ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

Four days after his momentous election, Pope Leo XIV yesterday met about 4,000 reporters, cameramen and technicians from the ...

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 ...

More than a dozen other Jewish leaders from around the world are expected to attend Pope Leo's inaugural mass on Sunday.

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