The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to ...

The U.S. and China announced on Monday that tariffs against one another will be reduced for an initial 90-day period after officials held trade negotiations in Geneva. Pope Leo XIV visited the Sistine ...

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In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Bookies and AI alike failed to correctly determine the next pope - Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as Pope Leo XIV - but a ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine. During their first phone chat, Zelensky thanked ...

On what was Good Shepherd Sunday, Father Farrell, turning to Cardinal Krajewski, told the poor gathered in the chapel: "Our ...

Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment of the Apostolic Palace, removing the seals which had been placed according to ...