Over dinner, as one gluten-free cardinal picked over vegetables and others shrugged at the simple fare, they weighed their choices. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 70, the Italian who ran the Vatican ...

There was a New York City “kingmaker” in the papal conclave. New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan played a decisive role in paving the way for Pope Leo XIV to become the first American pontiff ...

VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Robert Prevost, seated beneath Michelangelo’s monumental fresco of the Last Judgement, buried his head in his hands as the sound of his name echoed off the walls of the ...

VATICAN CITY – In the balloting to choose the next pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Vatican sources said on May 11.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, whose papal name will be Pope Leo XIV, will make history as the first American pope Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has candidly confessed he “didn’t expect” the election of Pope Leo XIV, praising the new pontiff’s “warmth and humanity” while expressing hope for ...

The cardinal electors of the Catholic Church elected an American on Thursday to serve as the new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next ...

Cardinal Robert Prevostmade his first public appearance as the new pope on Thursday evening, stepping onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica shortly after white smoke rose from the Sistine ...

When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value,” whether an archbishop or an unordained believer. By Motoko Rich ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said Sunday that he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to the issues of the day amid "real challenges globally" — from immigration ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Roman Catholic pontiff, the first ever pope from the US and a possible bridge between the moderate and hardline sides of a divided Church. Prevost ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church A short time after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel on the afternoon of Thursday ...