Pope Leo XIV had the opportunity to meet three of his predecessors at the helm of the Barque of Peter. The following ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. Preaching in the Sistine ...

and Peter Erdo emerged as the top three contenders. Parolin, 70, was acting as the Vatican's Secretary of State. Parolin reportedly served in Pope Francis’s Vatican for 11 years and is currently ...

He appeared on the loggia of St. Peter's Square wearing the ... Sistine Chapel chimney It signals that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three ... new pope is seen as a successor to St. Peter, the apostle believed by Catholics to have been appointed by Jesus as the head of the church.

Some have delivered broadsides against the norm-challenging late pope in ... seat of St. Peter empty — are chafing against Francis’s radical move to include laypeople in the church’s ...

Who will be the next pope? The world won ... a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s Square. But in the coming days, powerful members of the Catholic Church from around the world will take ...

A legend involving an ancient doomsday prophesy could be interpreted to say Pope Francis' death marked the last head of the Catholic Church ... "truly pictured" the three most recent popes.

But it also suggests that the new pope is more invested in pursuing continuity within the deep tradition of the Church. After Leo finished his opening remarks at St. Peter’s Basilica ...

In his first Mass as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV called on the faithful to “bear witness to our joyful faith in Jesus the Savior” in a world where “a lack of faith is often ...

There must be a two-thirds majority vote in order to select the pope, which can happen after one day or even three years ... to sit on the throne of St. Peter the church hopes to have, the ...