Tagle also accompanied Francis on his first international trip to Asia in 2014, when the pontiff visited South Korea. Pope Francis achieved several "firsts" in Asia, including becoming the first ...

Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden told ABC News' Ines de La Cuetara in Rome on Sunday, ahead of the conclave, that he "wouldn't be surprised if" the next pope was from Africa or Asia.

"Will it be back to another European pope, or will it be another pope from the 'Global South,' from Asia, from Africa? We just don't know." ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first pontiff from the United ... For Trump and his team, the Vance's trip could set the tone for the administration's relationship with the Vatican, which was strained under ...

His death could pave the way for Luis Antonio Tagle to become the first pope from Asia, home to the world’s fastest-growing Catholic population. The former archbishop of Manila was once ...

The successor of Pope Francis has been selected. Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the first American pope. According to the Vatican, he will go by Leo XIV. Here's what we know. The newly elected ...

1 of 28 The coffin of Pope ... his 2015 trip to the Philippines. Pope Francis waves to onlookers from his popemobile as his motorcade passes by on the way to a meeting at the Mall of Asia Arena ...