Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV.

The pope urged reporters "to strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition and ...

In our weekly late night TV recap, every single host tells the same Chicago Pope jokes, and Oliver goes deep into the ...

In selecting Leo XIV, did the cardinals intend to rebalance the immanent U.S. role on the planet?

A meeting with the College of Cardinals, a visit to Pope Francis’ tomb and an address to the media: Gerry, Sebastian and Ashley unpack it all on the final episode of the Conclave Podcast.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV, has been elected the 267th bishop of Rome and leader of the ...

NBC’s Lester Holt joins TODAY to share his conversation with Pope Leo XIV on the importance of being the first American ...

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope ...