Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

Now that a new pope has been named and made his first appearance, the question turns to what comes next. Typically, about a ...

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

White smoke poured from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside ...

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first pope from the ...

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name could not be clearer, with the new pope tying himself to one of the ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected in 2013, decided to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for his humility, ...

What the new pope’s name choice says about his future plans - Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru ...

Over 130 Catholic Cardinals from across the world, on Thursday, elected Robert Prevost as the new Pope following the demise of Pope Francis. ContentsRobert Prevost: Why Pope Leo XIV? Who’s Pope ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

The practice of adopting a new name became ingrained during the 11th century, a period of German popes who chose names of early church bishops.