Leo will disappear further this weekend when he begins a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May ...

Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the person to whom lots of people look when they want to come in contact with God. John Prevost, 71, is ...

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The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with complicity from elements in Rome: ‘He has suffered greatly during the last year be ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Bishop Robert Prevost, confronts the Vatican's significant financial challenges, including a structural deficit and pension shortfall. His American background is expected to ...

The tradition of a “conclave bonus” was halted by Pope Francis in 2013, who instead chose to donate the funds to various charities, according to the National Catholic Register. Under the newly-elected ...

The conclave that elected Pope Francis began on March 12, 2013, and he was announced as pope the next day, after five ballots. The conclave that elected his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, began ...

The shortest conclave on record was in 1503, when it took the cardinals only 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III as the new pontiff. The longest conclave on record took nearly three years.

During the conclave, the chapel was placed under total lockdown to guarantee secrecy. In 2013, signal blockers were installed to prevent any calls, texts or internet access.

It is unclear how long this conclave will last. The previous ten averaged three days, with the 2013 selection of Pope Francis lasting two. And none in modern times have gone longer than five days.

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope ...

Journalists look at a photograph of the conclave where late Pope Francis was elected on March 13, 2013, and displayed inside the Borgia Apartments at the Vatican Museums during a press tour ...