Leo XIV’s pontificate will likely be defined by his approach to the violent conflicts rending the globe, which his ...

Pope Leo XVI, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, held the first Mass of his papacy in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, but that service was not open to the public.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope and second pontiff from the Americas, is a former leader of the Augustinians and a ...

Still, there are always front-runners, known as "papabile," who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope - much like those depicted in last year's Oscar-nominated film ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

The drama and intrigue of a modern papal election can be movie-worthy, but the level of skulduggery these days is modest ...

Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.

Not being Catholic myself, I paid less attention to his successor, Pope Paul VI, but when he died in August ... Faith Works: From prophets to the Book of Revelation, closing a Lenten look at ...

The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square. The booklet, published on the Vatican's website, external, is 87 pages long and ...

Bianca Walsh drove in two runs for Steinert (7-1), which led 3-0 after three innings. Paul VI tied the score with three runs in the top of the fourth before Steinert responded with four runs in ...

I count my life by popes, and I’m about to see my sixth. My first was Paul VI (1963-78), who seemed the forever pontiff as he reigned throughout my childhood. I knew very little of him beyond ...