The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

The hopeful case is that the new Holy Father will come prepared to tackle two major challenges for the church: its rickety ...

Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the ...

Swiss Guards march after a new Pope was elected when 133 cardinals gathered on the second day of the conclave to select a ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope on Thursday. As crowds gathered in Rome, a photo of someone resembling ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets ...

Pope Leo XIV has shared social media posts criticizing the policies of the Trump administration and its views on immigrants ...

There is a new pope, and for the first time ever, an American has been chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Bradley Blackburn ...

Father Christopher Brock, chaplain at Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School in Kernersville, says the election of an American ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...