The Modality for Choosing a Pope The election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Since the election of Pope Leo XIV, a growing number of cardinals have been offering unusual glimpses into the conclave ...

To date, just one of the 266 Popes to have served the Catholic Church has been British. Learn more about Nicholas Breakspear ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural mass Sunday, May 18, with world leaders and a crowd of 200,000 people gathered in St ...

Pope Leo XIV called for peace in Gaza, Myanmar, and Ukraine at his inauguration Mass on Sunday, May 18. Following his ...

Vista said that American Catholics are no longer excluded from Rome by having the U.S.’s first pope, but are now a complete ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...