I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

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

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

Pope Francis did not act as a steward of that faith, but as an improviser. Under his pontificate, clarity was displaced by ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

Catholics celebrate after first-ever American elected by conclave - The faithful cheered in the Vatican square, waving flags ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church after a conclave that began on May ...

After two days of conclave and only four votes, the cardinals selected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the church's next pope.