This means Prevost, who will use the title Leo XIV, will be the 267th pope. Non-European popes are ... Sera on April 25, 2025 (in Italian), Angelo Bagnasco said the criteria for papacy should not ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Editor's note: White smoke from the chimney of the ... His successor, Pope John Paul II, was Polish, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. With the election of Parolin, the church would return ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

When the Associated Press reported on Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis, they noted that Bergoglio was first non-European ... 2025, an Italian church historian said that ...