A small puff of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Rome on 8 May 2025 signified that 133 cardinals gathered in a conclave had elected the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

The kingdom is not the only Gulf Arab state to be accused of abusing migrant laborers in the run-up to a World Cup. Rights ...

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

As contemporary as they sound, these lines come from his 19th-century predecessor, Pope Leo XIII. The encyclical was entitled ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Environmental groups in the Philippines have welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s election amid his track record of climate advocacy. Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Jefferson Chua said there are signs the ...

Plus, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison in the 1989 killings of their parents, making them eligible for parole.

To what degree will the new pope stand or not stand in continuity with Francis? As a scholar who has studied the writings and actions of the popes since the time of the Second Vatican Council, a ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

Moments after Donald Trump made the shocking claim that he had something to do with the pope’s appointment, Pope Leo spoke at ...

After participating in the Conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV as the successor of Peter, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu ...