The 133 cardinal electors have just elected the Roman Catholic Church' 267th Pope ... Bulgaria, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Solomon Islands, USA, Czech Republic, Philippines, Canada, Poland, Malta ...

Pope Leo XIV, grandson of a Dominican tobacco worker and heir to a black, Catholic family from New Orleans, perhaps also Haitian, embodies that mixture that irritates purists and gives hope to those ...

For The Rev. Fr. Juan Manuel Camacho, there's opportunity in the fact that Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago, along the same Great ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in ...

A trailblazer in his own right already, what do we know about Pope Leo XIV’s key views so far? And does he plan on paving a ...

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...

Following on the story of the new Pope, Vice President Raquel Peña will travel to Rome to attend the mass marking the beginning of his pontificate at St. Peter’s Square on 18 May 2025 at 10am. Vice ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, urged the voters to set aside all personal interests and find a pope who prizes unity.