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

Pope Leo XIV Sunday called for world peace, an end to conflicts across the globe and "no more war" during his first papal ...

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

King Charles, the head of the Church of England, sent private congratulations to the new leader of the Catholic church. In ...

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

Pope Leo XIV's formal inauguration Mass to mark his appointment will take place in St. Peter's Square on Sunday May 18, the ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

ISTANBUL (AA) – European leaders congratulated newly-elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday while signaling for hope and peace ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...