In this edition of Cat Chat! Deputy Editor Jawsy checks in with the Vaticats about the election of a new pope.

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in 2013, many liberals had high expectations. Would priests be allowed to marry? Or, more radical still, perhaps he would open a path for women to ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (WPVI) -- American Cardinal Robert Prevost, now named Pope Leo XIV, has a strong tie to the Philadelphia ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Prevost appears after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, Thursday, May ...

choosing not the name of a former pope but that of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th century cleric and patron saint of animals and the environment. Take a look at photos from Vatican City as it is ...

choosing not the name of a former pope but that of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th century cleric and patron saint of animals and the environment. New pope led order dedicated to the poor and ...

James Martin, a papal contributor to ABC News. Leo emerged from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening to throngs of cheering crowds, following the signal of white smoke that emanated ...