Cardinals did not select a new pope in the first secret vote of the papal conclave Wednesday, a result indicated by billowing black smoke from the world’s most-watched chimney. The proceedings are set ...

Following nine days of mourning over Pope Francis's passing on 21 April, 133 cardinals representing 70 countries have gathered behind closed doors on Wednesday for the conclave to elect the new leader ...

Pope Leo XIV has shared his thoughts during the conclave that elected him, saying he resigned himself to the inevitable and ...

The likes of our first U.S.-born Pope — a Chicago native — have been well reported in the Register’s pages since his May election. This Christmas, consider some gifts based on his favorite pastimes ...

Pope Leo XIV is beginning the first foreign trip of his papacy. Over the next six days he will first visit Turkey for an historic Christian anniversary. He will then visit Lebanon just days after ...

Pope Leo XIV has rectified a technical glitch in a Vatican law, an issue that arose after Pope Francis named the first woman to head the Vatican City State administration. The 2023 law was amended to ...

News of President Trump’s surprisingly amiable meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani traveled fast, leaving at least one Mamdani voter gobsmacked by the President’s abrupt change of ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV has changed a Vatican law to now allow women and non-cardinals to lead the Vatican City administration after Pope Francis first appointed a woman for the position in ...

The 16th Latin American and Caribbean Pastoral Encounter (EPA) meets in Luján, Argentina. (Credit: EPA.) Listen SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Members of Black pastoral commissions from Latin American and ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration. Leo ...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary general of the Vatican’s governorship, at the Vatican, on Dec. 23, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME — Pope Leo ...

The pope chose a region rife with religious divisions and conflict for his first trip abroad. He arrived in Lebanon on Sunday after a few days in Turkey. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, the Rome bureau ...