Italian daily newspaper reports that Augustinian friars are expected to join Leo when he moves into the papal apartment so ...

Leo plans to share his new residence, which is undergoing a major revamp, marking the first time in modern history that a ...

I ask all the faithful to spend Aug. 22 in fasting and prayer, asking the Lord to grant us peace and justice and to dry the tears of those who suffer because of the armed conflicts underway.” ...

"Unarmed and disarming, the presence of Christians in contemporary societies must translate, with skill and imagination, the ...

Pope Leo's approach to peace is both symbolic and practical, experts say. Why his latest call for fasting and prayer is ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and thousands cheered the news. The new pope, the 267th, was expected to soon make an appearance on a balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square.

"Pope Francis' inclusive welcome of everybody brought Catholics back to the fold and appealed to new members as well," he said. "These successful results will certainly appeal to the voting ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals started the secretive process known as a conclave.

First issued by St. John Paul II in 1996, it used to allow for a new pope to be elected by a simple majority—rather than two-thirds—after 33 rounds of ballots starting on the second day of the ...

Black smoke means no pope has been decided on, and white smoke means a new pontiff has been selected. A person needs to secure two-thirds of the vote in order to become the next pope.