The night before he became the first American leader of the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert ...

Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

Pope Leo XIV has reinstated the “conclave bonus” given to Vatican employees for their service during the sede vacante period.

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

As you have no doubt heard, after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the conclave of cardinals got to work and elected a ...

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- emerged.

The election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the pope has given Catholics and non-Catholics alike reason to celebrate. The anticipation of the conclave was felt throughout the world, and ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

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