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Of course, we are all eager to learn more about the new pope, but this effort to attach significance to things that may be ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

It never was, but it always for a long time kind of thought of itself that way, and it’s really a global religion in a ...

The pope's inauguration mass at St Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18 will be a far grander affair -- his first public mass as ...

The Cardinal's selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American, as the 267th Pope of the Catholic church, following just ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected at the conclave on Thursday, decided to remain in his current residence at Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio.

Cardinal Robert Prevost's personal trainer discovered his true identity only after the conclave. Valerio Masella, who had ...

Contrary to early reports, the new pontiff isn't a Cubs fan — and the Sox faithful couldn't be prouder. "It's a dream," Helen ...