"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.

The conclave of May 7–8 has yet to reveal all its secrets. But two weeks after the election of Leo XIV, our reporters in Rome ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1 ...

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history's first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural mass ...

I’M originally from Chicago, and when I travel, that fact has historically prompted responses such as “oh, like Michael ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV after cardinals from around the globe elected him to the papacy, making him the first US pope.

Although it is the official residence, Pope Francis does not reside in the Apostolic Palace and chooses the papal apartment instead ...

The Modality for Choosing a Pope The election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...