Some predict Leo XIV will be a moderate offering gentle continuity and that his relatively soft-spoken style may counter divisive voices There was a moment of surprised silence before the crowd began ...

Americans gather in St. Peter’s Square on May 8, 2025, to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. \| Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA. America ...

The new pontiff, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected on Thursday as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while congratulations poured in from ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the ...

Cardinal Stephen Chow has called on the faithful in Hong Kong to join in praying for and blessing the newly elected Pope Leo ...

By Nkiruka Nnorom with agency reports A total of 133 cardinals electors taking part in the conclave, the highly secretive election to pick a successor to Pope Francis, who died last month after a ...

Black smoke emitted from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney at 7.50pm AEST at Vatican City after another two rounds of voting took ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a 50-1 betting long shot to be elected pope in 2013, when the former Argentine cardinal beat the ...

The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning during which Francis’ fisherman’s ring and his ...

Papal candidates are known as “papabile” or translated from the Italian, “pope-able.” The vast majority of the papabile were ...