As Pope Leo XIV marks his six-month milestone Nov. 8, a gradual sketch of his style and vision of church is beginning to ...

After Pope Leo XIV's election, NCR spoke with cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors who witnessed the inner ...

When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a centuries-old tradition shrouded in secrecy: the papal conclave. Two weeks later 133 ...

The students from Chicago's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, who went viral for their mock conclave, met Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City Wednesday. The grade schoolers traveled to Rome Monday to attend ...

Catholic students from Chicago got a rare opportunity Wednesday to meet Pope Leo XIV in Rome, months after they held a mock conclave at their school. NBC 5 Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern was the only ...

A group of Chicago grade schoolers is about to take the trip of a lifetime. Students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in Lakeview, who made headlines for their mock conclave before Pope Leo XIV was ...

The first day of the papal conclave has ended without the election of a new Pope. At exactly 8:00 p.m. Cameroon time, black smoke came out from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the ...

At first, it spoofed celebrity culture accounts by covering the 2024 film Conclave with memes and fan art. But when Pope Francis died in April 2025, the account pivoted to real-time coverage of the ...

Millions of people around the world were stunned when Pope Leo XIV was elected earlier this year as the first American-born pontiff, but one Vatican correspondent was not. Christopher White was one of ...

Ralph Fiennes has many questions for Pope Leo XIV. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Oscar nominee, 62, was asked about Leo, 69, watching his 2024 film “Conclave” before he was elected ...

Ralph Fiennes is eager to know what Pope Leo XIV thought of the movie Conclave after he experienced the historical moment in real life. “My thoughts are questions. Did he enjoy it? Did he just shrug ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — From the moment Pope Leo XIV emerged from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, church observers have sought comparisons between the new, U.S.-born pontiff and his predecessor Pope ...