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 ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

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

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...