News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Pope Leo XIV made history by becoming the first American to lead the Catholic Church. His election has sparked the curiosity ...

In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the ...

Almost a decade ago, award-winning film director Paolo Sorrentino launched his first series, with Jude Law playing the first pope from the US. Is reality now catching up with fiction?

Robert Francis Prevost was a relatively low-profile cardinal from Chicago. But on May 8, the 69-year-old stunned the world ...

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

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When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV--an American--it was met with mixed emotions ...

While many Catholics are celebrating the election, a growing number of online conspiracy theorists are turning their ...

Pontiff holding first Vatican press conference after pleading ‘no more war’ - The press conference comes after the newly ...

Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were ...

While he has been to the Philippines several times before he became Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost’s return to the ...