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

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

The newly chosen Pope Leo XIV is not only the latest spiritual leader of over a billion Catholics worldwide he also marks ...

Under church rules, it must start 15 to 20 days after a pope's death; Francis died on April 21. Ahead of the conclave, Vatican officials and employees who will help support the process ...

The 2025 conclave is less predictable than ever after Francis shook up the Catholic Church during his years as pope. More ...

The conclave to appoint a successor to the late Pope Francis had been mired in controversy over the status of disgraced ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...

The Vatican on Thursday, May 8, elected the new Pope of the Catholic Church after pontiff Francis' death. As is the tradition ...