Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

Pope Leo XIV appealed for “no more war” in a message to world powers during his first Sunday address at the Vatican.

More than 130 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will start their conclave to elect the next pope on Wednesday in the ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

Pope Francis once quipped that his successor might take the name of John XXIV. Aveline is known for his folksy, easy-going ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV lived in St. Louis, Missouri, in the 1970s while studying to become a priest. He was in a parish ...

The Giro d'Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica ...