Pope Leo XIV adorned a bright red shoulder cover and ornate stole during his introduction on May 8, a contrast from Pope ...

like this piazza, with open arms.” As Pope Leo XIV went back into St. Peter’s and the Vatican complex, the crowd dissipated, many people hunting for a spot with some cell service.

There have been 13 previous popes named Leo, the last elected in 1878. Previous Leos have been reformers, a possible sign of what the new pontiff hopes to emulate.

“There were like tons of people on the actual site parking ... I was in and out, really not much problems at all,” said Troy Smith of Port St. Lucie. Some local residents say the traffic ...

The crowd at St. Peter’s Square was lively ahead of ... Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University, said that Leo “does not seem to me like a pope who is going to turn things backward.” ...

Joe Donnelly, the former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, spoke to CFR about the process of picking a new pope and how the ...

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

Now, Missouri could lose an estimated $2 billion a year in federal funding as congressional Republicans look to cut at least ... Washington University in St. Louis health economist Timothy McBride ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...