At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

An Omaha native now reports in the Holy See. She's been in Rome since 2016 and has had the opportunity to cover the recent ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

The Catholic Church officially has a new leader — and this time, the decision came faster than expected. Qatar pushes back on reports of $400M Boeing jet gift to Trump ...

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

And so, when the internet enlightened me about the existence of Pope Leo’s brothers - Louis and John Prevost, white-haired ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

New Pope Leo XIV was a major topic on this Saturday's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Last week, ...

While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...