Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a US-born missionary and senior Vatican official, was elected pope on Thursday evening, becoming the ...

The conservative ire that has roiled Catholicism during the previous pontificate is likely to continue with this first ...

Vicar General of the Order of St. Augustine, Father Joseph Farrell, is a friend of the new Pope Leo XIV. He joins Katy Tur to ...

Father Donohue was busy himself on Thursday. He happened to be in Chicago, the new pope’s hometown, for a Villanova alumni ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After voting, ballots are burned in a special stove — black smoke signals no ...

The new pontiff and Bernard Hebda, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have exchanged letters but ...

Older brother John Prevost revealed the shocking details from a prophetic phone call he had with then-Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Catholics in Lexington are celebrating a historic moment as Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, marking the first ...

As Catholics, our arms will be wide open to the world. We will accompany the world. We will live in the world.

Newly elected Pope Leo XVI—formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost—shares why Pope Francis chose him, his missionary roots, and his ...