The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn't be more stark — politically, personally or ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

“It’s really a different set of cards that the conclave has given to the papacy.” Prevost, who most recently served as ... “You got someone who has a global outlook who’s rooted in the American ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

During a press conference with American cardinals on Friday, Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he did not think the ...

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel today signaled that a conclave of cardinals selected a new pope: Robert Prevost of the United States. He is the first American pope in history and will go ...

And yet, the conclave that concluded today in Rome has chosen the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church: ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

A hard-won recovery in sub-Saharan Africa has been overtaken by recent events. The sudden shift in the global outlook has clouded the region’s short-term prospects and significantly complicated policy ...

White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside ...

It's very possible the next pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.