Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be an official period of mourning, pointing to steps taken in Spain, Cuba and ...

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

President Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social Monday – following news of Pope Francis's death – that he and ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

An AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump dressed as the pope “was not good,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet ...

Donald Trump has a busy weekend ahead. When will he arrive in Rome? Will he play golf in New Jersey? Celebrate Melania's birthday? What to know.