As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

Pope Leo XIV signalled on Saturday he would continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world's ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling ...

Pope Leo XIV will face many challenges in his time as leader of the Catholic Church, including how to counter Chinese ...

New pontiff says Church must continue ‘precious legacy’ of Pope Francis - New leader of the Catholic Church identified AI as ...

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff’s continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...