Pope Leo XIV has seen and experienced the Church in more contexts than perhaps any other person currently living...’ ...

Written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, it is the first authoritative biographical portrait of Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, who was elected the new Holy Father ...

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' LGBTQ+ outreach.

Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops ...

The most common papal name is John, followed by Gregory and Benedict. Although there has been a Pope John XXIII, there have only been 21 legitimate popes named John. That's because John XVI was an ...

It's a centuries-old process that takes place in secret, a sacred task entrusted to a small group of men who will choose the spiritual and pastoral leader for the world's 1.4 billion Roman ...

Pope Benedict XVI paid homage to Benedict XV, who led the church during World War I, but also to St. Benedict of Nursia, who founded the Benedictine Order and influenced the spread of Christianity ...

Before the 2005 conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, there was much media attention around Francis Arinze, a highly respected cardinal born in Nigeria, raising questions even then about ...

Choosing Pope Francis' successor is a mix of tradition and necessity. There have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church's roughly 2,000-year history, which spans three millennia. With the death of ...

The last time this happened, in 2013, Catholics weren't mourning the death of the Holy Father; instead, they were reeling from the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, something that hadn't happened ...