Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV – an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who championed the rights of ...

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...

From there, Parolin, as the most senior cardinal bishop, led the procession to the Sistine Chapel. An appeal to the Christian ...

Who will win the viewership war between the St. Louis Cardinals and the papal Conclave as the world watches a new Pope be ...

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The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

The Catholic has ushered in a new era following the election of a new pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was announced to the world from ...