Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his ...

History’s first American pope recalled that on Saturday the Catholic Church marked a special feast day to pray for the church in China. Pope Benedict XVI had initiated the feast day as part of ...

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The pope's name helps indicate what direction he wants to take the church.

A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV.

He had earlier been a leading contender in the 2005 conclave that elected his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

The Church has used the conclave process for over 700 years, with modern rules codified by recent popes, most recently Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Leo XVI is the first American pope in the 2,000 year history of the Roman Catholic Church. The CEO and publisher of National Catholic Reporter Joe Ferullo joined Lisa Mcree with his reaction.

The name chosen by a pope can signal the direction the pontiff plans to lead the Roman Catholic Church, and some wonder what name the new pope will select once chosen.

The conclave to elect Pope Gregory was the longest conclave in the history of the Catholic Church.