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 ...

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

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope from the United States and defying the conventional ...

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

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 ...

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

Paul VI, who succeeded John XXIII, took the process ahead as he became the first Pope in modern times to travel widely outside Rome and interact with people of countries and all faiths.

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