Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow for live news updates.

His career in the church, and his rise through its institutions, has only one major drawback, and it is a familiar one.

Take the left off of Nessley Avenue after climbing the switchback up from this city's once-thriving downtown business ...

The Catholic news journalist John L Allen once wrote that "the trash heaps of history are littered with the carcasses of ...

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

But Pope Leo must walk a fine line: if he is too critical of Moscow, he risks alienating the Russian Orthodox faithful and ...

At the end of Thursday, May 7’s episode of Liveline broadcaster Joe Duffy announced he was hanging up his headphones after 27 years.

Pope Leo XIV is not new to Kenya, and his most recent visit showed the love he has for the country. A few months later, he ...

Leo XIV. Prior to his historic election Thursday via conclave, Leo was known as Cardinal Robert Prevost. The 69-year-old was ...

Marcus Rossi, the youngest of nine, will join his older siblings as the third generation of doctors in his family and become a husband just hours apart from each other.

White smoke rises at the Vatican, signalling a new Pope has been elected. The world watches St. Peter’s Basilica for his ...

The method of electing a pope has evolved significantly over the centuries. During the first millennium, various approaches were used, but the process gradually became more structured, increasingly ...