Pope Francis consoles ... boy in the 1970s. But Francis nevertheless was accused by the Vatican’s one-time U.S. ambassador of having rehabilitated McCarrick early in his papacy.

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at the Vatican but at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where before and ...

Much remains to be known about Pope Leo, who is seen as a centrist. The Illinois native has dual citizenship from the U.S.

An invitation has already been extended to Pope Leo XIV to attend this year’s COP30 U.N. climate conference in Brazil.

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Leo, too, adapted symbols of the ritual – and time will ... offered to a pope when he accepts the office – showing somewhat more continuity with his predecessors. When Francis first addressed ...

Since 1979, each sitting pope has made just one visit to the historic building. Prior to Francis, the last time a pope had visited ... here’s a look back at his trip to the United States capital.

Most stories about Pope Francis ... emphasizes Francis’ view of “synodality” – meaning a church that walks together – and his understanding of the connection among all people in the Americas and the ...