Set to turn 70 on September 14, the new pope has the potential to have a long and eventful pontificate. Here, see photos of ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, right, in Jakarta, Indonesia, last September. He has long been seen as a front-runner to be pope.Credit...Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle ...

Catholic cardinals have reconvened in the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to continue their effort to elect a new ...

A chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican will signal the election of a new pope and leader of the Catholic Church.

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium were among the royals in attendance in Vatican City on Sunday morning for Pope ...

In a historic celebration, Pope Leo XIV, the first United States-born pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the ...

This story has been updated. The Catholic Church and its approximately 1.4 billion followers have a new leader and the first ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi has clarified reports regarding the participation of Cardinal John Njue in the election ...