The Spanish Royal House has officially congratulated the new Pope Leo XIV. In a message, King Felipe stated that the ...

Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...

Days before the late Pope Francis was buried, social media users circulated a video of people in hooded cloaks at a religious ...

Following Pope Francis' passing on Easter Monday ... Royal ladies including Queen Letizia of Spain, Princess Charlene of ...

As royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful headed to Rome following Pope Francis's death, a video ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

There, Pope Francis paid respects at a cemetery near ... which legitimized colonial-era seizure of Native lands by Spain and Portugal. The concept forms the basis of some property laws today ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...