One of the many titles that Pope Leo XIV, 69, assumed when he was elected on May 8 was bishop of Rome. He has now formally ...

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

Pope Francis’ death followed months of health issues that began with his hospitalization for bronchitis in February. He later developed double pneumonia. After 38 days in the hospital ...

Set to turn 70 on September 14, the new pope has the potential to have a long and eventful pontificate. Here, see photos of ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

which led to his longest hospital stay while pope. Francis was hospitalized earlier this year for bilateral pneumonia and bronchitis, and Vatican doctors said he died of cerebral stroke and ...

The late Pope Francis donated all his remaining money to a youth rehabilitation project inside a Roman prison in one of his final acts as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Before his death ...

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 ...

The successor of Pope Francis has been selected. Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the first American pope. According to the Vatican, he will go by Leo XIV. Here's what we know. The newly elected ...