Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope Francis and lead the Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States. Smiling and waving while wearing more traditional papal garb than his predecessor — ...

As the world waits for the conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pontiff, another question remains at the back of everyone’s minds: What will his new name be? Before he stepped out of the balcony of ...

As the conclave is held to select a new pope, LGBTQ Catholics hope that the next leader of the church will continue the inclusion work Pope Francis started more than 20 years ago. Pope Francis, who ...

PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Who is Pope Francis? Where is he taking the Roman Catholic Church? What made him into the man we see today? Sign up here. Questions like this have swirled around the Vatican ...