Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Following the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff elected from the U.S., American cardinals shared their reaction to ...

Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A. and ”American Pie" as six cardinal electors from the United States celebrated the first ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

With the world still wondering how the fledgling papacy of Leo XIV will take wing, cardinals and other clerics gave glimpses ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising ...

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting ...

Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he did not think the fact that Pope Leo was from the U.S. "carried much weight" ...

Pope Leo XIV is being described by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as a "citizen of the world" who will seek to build bridges with ...

After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Friday he thought the new U.S. pontiff, Pope Leo, will seek to build bridges with all ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...