The cardinals began the day by participating in a final pre-conclave Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The dean of the College of ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow ...

Our live coverage of Pope Leo’s first mass as ... through the altar. Rather than using the grand, traditional altar in the Sistine Chapel – one that would have placed his back to the cardinals ...

Cardinals have entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope ...

Among leading traditionalists, Cardinals Robert Sarah and Raymond Burke have garnered the most media attention. A few ...

The first North American pope spoke in English at the mass held on Friday, local time. He said he hoped that his election could help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of this world".

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

During the morning mass ... Conservative Catholic media slipped cardinals copies of a glossy book containing their assessments of contenders. A Catholic bishop walks along a back street near ...

From an altar boy growing up in a working class area ... the first US pope to be elected in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. But his election has caused "grave concern" for some.

Earlier, Pope Leo led his first holy mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel, where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier. He prayed that his historic papacy can help the Catholic Church be a ...