Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

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 ...

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

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the highest authority in the Catholic Church lives. Since 1870, more than a dozen ...