New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

Pope Leo will be formally inaugurated at a mass next week.

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley ...

Pope Leo XIV will lead the Regina Coeli prayer from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in his second official ...

For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s an unmissable Vatican moment. The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver ...

Sylvia Poggioli has covered several papal conclaves and the Vatican for decades. For this week's reporter's notebook, she reflects on what it's like to cover one of the most secretive institutions in ...

There is little without precedent in the Catholic Church, but it is fair to say nothing exactly like the election of Pope Leo ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

The ritual for electing a new pope took social media by storm this week as content creators reacted to the ancient tradition ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...