Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

The Trump White House had perhaps a surprising reaction to past criticism of the president by newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

Donation Options Search Search Search Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the ...

OP-ED. The new pope aligns with the tradition of social Catholicism, standing in stark contrast to the interpretation given ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked at a news briefing about the pope's X account and his posts that shared criticism of Trump and Vance's policies. The conference brought cardinals ...

Host Jeffrey Goldberg and the "Washington Week" panel discuss the politics of Pope Leo XIV and the MAGA movement. Goldberg's opening monologue: JEFFREY GOLDBERG, THE ATLANTIC, 'WASHINGTON WEEK' HOST: ...

For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and a chance for ...

There were seagulls loitering by the tin chimney at the Vatican as it billowed white smoke heralding the election of Pope Leo XIV the first all-American pope, evocative of land ahoy that seagulls used ...

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

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Before we met Pope Leo XIV, shows like "The New Pope" and "The Young Pope" mythologized the Vatican to the masses ...