The median length of time it’s taken for a conclave to select a new pope is nine days, according to an analysis of available data on the length of conclaves going back to 1404 from ...

The last three pontiffs each chose very different paths between Rome and home.

At the same time, the procedures were established to put an end to the internal squabbles within the hierarchy when the death of a reigning pope was officially announced. The papal bull In Nomine ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

SHARON — Last week, Father James Power found himself thrilled to be wrong. “Before the new pope was actually named, I was ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...

Father James Power, pastor of St. Joseph Church and St. Anthony of Padua, both Roman Catholic parishes in Sharon, talks while ...