The Catholic Church welcomed Pope Leo XIV (Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) as its new pontiff with the Catholic Bishops' ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

As the Catholic Church prepares for the upcoming conclave, much attention is focused on a prominent candidate: Cardinal Luis ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope—with a Filipino among the favorites—the church in Asia's most Catholic ...

A charismatic and gifted speaker, Cardinal Tagle is active on social media, reaching out to Catholics wherever they are ...

Arnaud Join-Lambert is a Franco-Swiss professor of theology at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. His research focuses on ecclesiology, liturgy, and contemporary Christianity.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, a native of the Philippines, is known for his progressive stances, emphasis on social justice ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...