By The New York Times A new Roman Catholic pope has been chosen. Read more about Robert Francis Prevost, who has taken the name Leo XIV. Guesses about who the next Roman Catholic pope will be ...

A two-thirds majority is needed to be elected pope, meaning the winner must secure 89 votes. There are no official candidates to succeed Francis and no papal campaigning by any of the cardinals.

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

The new pope seems remarkably unflustered by his election, aware of the enormity of the change that has happened to him, but ...

ANALYSIS: In the first month of his papacy, Leo XIV has demonstrated that he has the grounded demeanor, bridge-building ...

The church's concern about global warming cannot die with Pope Francis. The ball has been passed to Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign ...

(AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a ...

Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Leo do the same?

Pope Leo XIV blessed the more than 150 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage ...

Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has a history of supporting ... "Pray you will be kind to the Diocese of Tucson." The next morning, the bishop sent a prayer to the new pope, who replied ...