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

Cardinals say Leo would continue to speak out against conflict and violence, following the example of Pope Francis ...

When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of ...

During a press conference with American cardinals on Friday, Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he did not think the fact that Pope Leo was from the United States "carried much weight" in the ...

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting ...

With the world still wondering how the fledgling papacy of Leo XIV will take wing, cardinals and other clerics gave glimpses ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Leo emphasized a message of ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Now that the 133 cardinal electors are ensconced in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, some potential ...

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a ...