COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s use of the optional Mass during Ordinary Time should spur priests worldwide to do the same.

Pope Leo XIV has written a warm and detailed letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke, thanking the American cardinal for 50 years of ...

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in ...

We’ve lived with it in the past, and we’ll live with it in the future.” Official secrecy, at least, still helps differentiate a papal conclave from its secular analogues, he said.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, spoke with ABC7 Friday to reflect on his first papal conclave and the selection of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV.

The last conclave to last more than a week was in 1831, when Pope Gregory XVI was elected after 51 days of voting. Here’s a breakdown of how the length of conclaves has changed in recent years.

Pope Leo’s brother John Prevost revealed that the new pontiff had recently watched the movie “Conclave.” AP “So it’s that kind of stuff, because I wanted to take his mind off of it ...

In a moment that has since gone viral for all the wrong reasons, CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil stunned viewers with a slang-laden comment during a live segment covering the 2025 papal conclave. While ...