Among the 133 cardinals to assemble in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to elect a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church were 10 Americans and one former bishop of the Diocese of Belleville in southern ...

New Pope Leo is gentle, calm and unifying, says UK cardinal - Cardinal Vincent Nichols was one of 133 cardinals who took part ...

Very human, very humble, but very discerning.” This is how Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle described then Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Many Catholics here in the Triad are reacting to what Pope Leo XIV will mean for the future of the Catholic Church. While ...

Two U.S. cardinals said the conclave did not choose the first American pope to act as a counterweight for President Donald Trump.

It was by chance that Spencer Pearson found himself in Rome during a papal conclave — and even more serendipitous that, on ...

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.

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

Pontiff warns against picking ‘technology, success’ over faith amid ‘anti-Trump’ claims - The 69-year-old former cardinal was ...

A man is charged with indecent exposure after several reported incidents at a grocery store in North Carolina, but law ...

Pope Leo XIV has dealt a blow to Chicago sports fans from his hometown as he revealed his favorite sport from a previous ...