(RNS) — Last week’s pre-conclave meetings in the Vatican audience hall did not lack for criticism of Pope Francis by cardinals ... In the case of “our religion,” he writes, this has ...

Indeed, the Catholic Church, Christianity, and religion in general remain vitally relevant in human affairs in our supposedly secular age. The world’s eyes became fixed on Rome following Pope ...

a senior analyst for Religion News Service, said Thursday. "Most of us thought a U.S. cardinal would never become pope, but Prevost got strong support from cardinals from Latin America ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church, shortly after white smoke began pouring from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American ... Italy and Vanessa Gera and Giada Zampano in Rome contributed. Associated Press religion coverage receives support through ...

One last thing. Remember how President Donald Trump shared the AI-generated image of himself as pope? He got it right. He is the head of a new religion: Trumpism. And, as David Brooks put it ...

By choosing the name Leo, the 267th pope is joining a group of 13 other popes who took the name. Many of the previous Leos were reformers, including the last one, Pope Leo XIII, who was elected in ...

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, might be considered a strong candidate to become pope, according to ... director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham ...

By taking this name, Pope Leo XIV clearly signals his priorities.” — Robert Orsi, professor of religion at Northwestern University “I turned on my TV, and all my staff came here and we all ...

Washington — President Trump celebrated the election of the first U.S.-born pope, calling it a "Great Honor" that Robert Francis Prevost, who chose Leo XIV as his papal name, was selected ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, becoming the first pontiff from the United States. He chose the name Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old new pontiff appeared on the ...