He emerged onto the balcony, smiling, to greet the tens of thousands of cheering, jubilant Catholics in St. Peter’s Square: ...

Pope Leo XIV. That’s the name Cardinal Robert Prevost opted to take on Thursday after becoming the first American pope ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Since the death of Pope Francis, lists of his possible successors have proliferated on social media and in newspapers. Should ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...