Names have started to float around. A strong contender is Louis Antonio Tagle, 65, a close ally of Pope Francis and a ... “Some of the new elected cardinals from the Global South are more ...

May 20, 1992: Named auxiliary ... seen whether a new pope would reverse some of Francis’s more controversial positions. “Pope Francis has appointed the majority of the cardinals in the College ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The process of electing a new Pope is shrouded in secrecy, with cardinals forbidden ... papabile but is a name rising on ...

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

Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV ...

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter Sunday, the world cheered as his successor -- the 267th pope -- emerged on the same balcony on Thursday.

In this episode, we dive into a series of candid interviews conducted by veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell with cardinal-electors from around the world on the new pope.

Pope Leo XIV says he chose the name in honor of Leo XIII, connecting his predecessor’s focus on workers during the industrial revolution to today’s rise of AI.

The regnal name that Cardinal Robert Prevost chose, Leo XIV, has beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with the history of the Church.