Harry Styles was among the many spectators that gathered in Vatican City to watch Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, assume his new role as leader of the Catholic Church.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...

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

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

New pope marks continuity with Francis’ progressivism, but offers a steadier hand after a divisive 12 years. VATICAN CITY — ...

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 ...

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

The 31-year-old singer was spotted in the crowd of people waiting in St Peter's Square in Rome for the announcement of the ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

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

Harry Styles, 31, was seemingly spotted by fans in the crowd gathered in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Thursday, May ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...