Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

There may be a way to satisfy both sides. Two recent books analyze the role of the Catholic Church in light of modern times. One is from a Catholic author who leans right politically, the other ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

The process of choosing a successor to the late Pope Francis, and shaping the future of the Catholic Church, has begun.