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

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

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the highest authority in the Catholic Church lives. Since 1870, more than a dozen ...

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

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 ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Wednesday shared his experience as a cardinal-elector at the recently concluded concluded ...

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

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

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

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

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history's ...

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