Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Leo gave a prepared address and then opened the floor to any cardinal who wanted to make a comment, a different format to ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

The new pope has suggested he plans to be a champion of the working class just as Pope Leo XII was during his time leading ...

In his first remarks from the balcony, Leo XIV stressed the role of Catholics and the church as peacemakers and ...

As the veil lifts on the secretive proceedings of the papal conclave, a cardinal has offered a rare glimpse into the moment ...

In 'Life', Pope Francis told his story for the first time, sharing the origins of ideas that characterised his papacy.

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

The new pontiff echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed, as he appeared in front of thousands of the ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...