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

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be an official period of mourning, pointing to steps taken in Spain, Cuba and ...

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

President Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social Monday – following news of Pope Francis's death – that he and ...

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 ...

Donald Trump has a busy weekend ahead. When will he arrive in Rome? Will he play golf in New Jersey? Celebrate Melania's birthday? What to know.

Heads of state and royalty will begin converging on Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but ...

An AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump dressed as the pope “was not good,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New ...