The new Pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the ...

Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...

Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding ...

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope—with a Filipino among the favorites—the church in Asia's most Catholic ...

It's one reason why Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is believed to be a papabile, or frontrunner to replace Pope Francis ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

From Europe to the Asia Pacific, millions of Catholics are celebrating the election of U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV as the 267th ...

The divine mercy message and devotion has been called the largest grassroots movement in the history of the Catholic Church — and it is especially popular in the Philippines. The island ...

A pope speaking Filipino, plain Filipino, talking to you like he’s talking to you directly … it will be an inspiration,’ a ...

Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.

Although hope had swelled in recent weeks in the Philippines — Asia’s largest ... was pleased to see an American appointed as the Catholic Church’s new leader. Pope Leo XIV will celebrate ...

Since his death on Monday, the Catholic Church has held Masses across the Philippines for Francis. At the Baclaran Church in Manila, some worshippers on Wednesday wore shirts bearing Pope Francis' ...