Pope Leo XIV has broken the seal on the papal apartments, marking one of his first major symbolic moments as pontiff ...

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A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a ...

The new pope's leadership will set the tone for the Church's future, whether continuing Francis's progressive reforms or ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

Harry Styles, 31, was seemingly spotted by fans in the crowd gathered in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Thursday, May ...

Argentine cardinal Angel Rossi, one of the 133 now gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pope, told Reuters before the ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis' ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected the new pope and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church, is the ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...