Vatican: With white smoke emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel late yesterday, the Vatican announced a new leader ...

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

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

Catholics throughout the Central Valley were watching the Sistine Chapel as white smoke poured out on Thursday. As Pope Leo ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

The trip, planned over a year ago, was meant to be a visit to the holiest place of their Catholic faith. Vaskov described the ...

As the Catholic world celebrates the election of the first-ever American pontiff, one South Carolina family is remembering their own “miraculous” connection with the late Pope Francis.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...