China congratulated Pope Leo XIV after his May 8 election. Now, the country’s 12 million Catholics are watching closely to ...

Tristan Chan (@TristanChan) May 8, 2025 Some even suggested the new pope would soon be serving up deep-dish Chicago pizza as the new communion wafer. New Pope serving the body of Christ at mass ...

The name a new pope chooses will "indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope," said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University ...

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next ...

A successor to Pope Francis had been elected. But there will be a short wait before his identity becomes clear. By Elisabetta Povoledo Now that white smoke has finally billowed out of the chimney ...

Only John, Gregory and Benedict have proven more popular. But we haven’t had a Pope Leo in more than a century. The last Pope Leo was Leo XIII, who was born in French-occupied Rome in 1810.