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

On "This Week," Cardinal Cupich said Pope Leo XIV may call for changes to the United States immigration system.

Leo gave a prepared address and then opened the floor to any cardinal who wanted to make a comment, a different format to ...

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

Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...

His tally was rising with each round of voting, while support for the early front-runner—Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin—was ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne speaks about what surprised him about the conclave, praising Pope Leo XIV’s “warmth ...

With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru, Cardinal of the ...