The expectation is that the new Pope will continue the work of Francis in a different guise, and his name signifies this. Leo ...

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn't look ...

The same goes for the afternoon voting – if there is a two-thirds consensus after the first round of balloting in the ...

Odds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or Friday ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost will forever now be known as Pope Leo XIV. At 69 years old, he is seven years younger ...

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...

Even as Pope Leo XIV's profile as a humble champion of the disenfranchised takes shape, a looming question is how he will ...

Pope Leo XIV has personally invited President Bola Tinubu to Vatican. He gave historical reason for the invitation extended ...

As far as news events go, the naming of a new pope is still pretty ... American to be named head of the Catholic Church and chose the papal name of Pope Leo XIV, which is how he’ll be known ...