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 ...

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

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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 ...

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

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

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.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, has ancestral ties to northeastern Sicily, ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

After the cardinals take their oaths, a senior cardinal delivers a meditation. The master of papal liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, calls out “Extra omnes,” Latin for “all out.” Anyone ...