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

Just days before the conclave to elect a new pope begins, on May 7, believers around the world expressed their desire for ...

"I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good, so we’ll see what happens, ...

Leo XIV’s predecessor Pope Francis, birth name Jorge Maria Bergoglio, appointed 80% of the cardinals who voted to elect one ...

Multiple AI-generated YouTube videos made up a tall tale to tug at the heartstrings in the wake of the pope's passing.

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic ...

NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff's work ...

Cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle, Jose Advincula and Pablo Virgilio David are among the 135 cardinal-electors who will convene ...