Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

Arlene and I have been blessed to have had many “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences. But aside from marriage, baptism and ...

Known affectionately as “Apu Ambo,” “Apu” meaning respected elder and “Ambo” being his diminutive nickname, the 66-year-old is known to be more outspoken on controversial issues compared with Tagle, ...

Today, let’s talk about smoke. The kind that comes out of the Sistine Chapel chimney when the Catholic Church votes for a new pope. I’m thinking it might be time ...

The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name ...

The conclave to elect the 267th pope ended after the second day of voting on Thursday, marking one of the shortest conclaves ...

The announcement: Minutes later, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti stepped onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and proclaimed into a microphone, “Habemus papam,” a Latin phrase meaning, “We ...

As a plume of white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rev. Stephen Thorne, priest of the ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV. In his first ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first American pope, Leo XIV, marking historic moment for Catholic Church on May 8, 2025.

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and ...