The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Here are some of the other memorable quotes from the nine homilies ... to know him, to invoke him. “St. Augustine invites us to enter within ourselves because it is there that we can find ...

"We can assume that the selection of Pope Leo XIV is the work of God," said Bishop Edward M. Rice of-Cape Girardeau.

Habemus papam, Ozarks. Or rather, “We have a Pope, Ozarks.” In speed with the news of Cardinal Robert Prevost’s election as ...

To A’ja Wilson, the world must look like a basketball she’s got in the palm of her hand. Her new Nike shoes sold out in ...

The choice of method, more than any difference in underlying doctrine, is where Pope Francis departed most radically from his ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

DETROW: The first day of the conclave is a day filled with ceremony. It began with morning Mass at St. Peter's Basilica. Then ...

A FORMER JANITOR AND NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER BECAME THE FIRST JESUIT POPE, THE FIRST FROM THE NEW WORLD, AND THE FIRST POPE TO EVER TAKE THE NAME FRANCIS IN HONOR OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, WHO DEVOTED ...

Francis’ first words delivered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after his ... to meet with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, where he has been living since resigning on Feb. 28, 2013.

Sylvia Poggioli has covered several papal conclaves and the Vatican for decades. For this week's reporter's notebook, she reflects on what it's like to cover one of the most secretive institutions in ...