In one of his first speeches, Pope Leo XIV — an American née Robert Francis Prevost who succeeds Pope Francis — spoke out in ...

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 ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...

That fence encircles the campo centrale of the Catholic church: the Vatican City tennis court — now under the dominion of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, or rather Pope Leo XIV. After white ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

American Robert Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV, receiving support from the Most Rev. Oscar A. Solis of Salt Lake City.

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

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