Pope Leo XIV, the day after his election, decided to temporarily retain the current heads of the offices of the Roman Curia ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote ...

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an ...

He also looked to radically shake up the workings of the Catholic Church, moving its centre of gravity away from its hierarchy at the Vatican in the direction of the rank-and-file faithful all ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor ... year papacy to bring in new points of views of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Many have spent little or no time in Rome getting to know their ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told Inside Edition about the emotional moment inside the secret conclave when the first U.S.-born pope in history was elected.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

And yet, the conclave that concluded today in Rome has chosen the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church: ...