Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian ...

Omokri also questioned the credibility of oft-cited historical claims of African Popes—such as Pope Victor I, Miltiades, and ...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India and Cardinal Joseph Coutts of Pakistan were spotted leaving St. Peter’s Basilica together on ...

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

In a historic moment reverberating from the Vatican to the streets of Monrovia, the Catholic Church in Liberia has joined millions around the globe in extending prayerful wishes to newly elected Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Francis Prevost) and other cardinals adhered to many restrictions while inside the conclave.

Multiple outlets reported this week that the maternal grandparents of Robert Prevost were described as people of color in ...

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

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass on Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...