Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.

In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel—and the world heard the long-awaited words ...

I’M originally from Chicago, and when I travel, that fact has historically prompted responses such as “oh, like Michael ...

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

Between the excitement over Pope Leo XIV and the Jubilee celebrations, Rome is the place to be this summer. The travel ...

Although it is the official residence, Pope Francis does not reside in the Apostolic Palace and chooses the papal apartment instead ...

The conclave of May 7–8 has yet to reveal all its secrets. But two weeks after the election of Leo XIV, our reporters in Rome ...

The modality for choosing a PopeTHE election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive procedures in the world. Rooted in centuries of tradition and canon law, ...

Cardinal-electors take an oath to maintain “absolute and perpetual secrecy” concerning “all matters directly or indirectly ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Wednesday shared his experience as a cardinal-elector at the recently concluded concluded ...