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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine. During their first phone chat, Zelensky thanked ...

The U.S. and China announced on Monday that tariffs against one another will be reduced for an initial 90-day period after officials held trade negotiations in Geneva. Pope Leo XIV visited the Sistine ...

In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the ...

Bookies and AI alike failed to correctly determine the next pope - Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as Pope Leo XIV - but a ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to ...

On what was Good Shepherd Sunday, Father Farrell, turning to Cardinal Krajewski, told the poor gathered in the chapel: "Our ...

A pontiff’s first formal meeting with the news media often offers further indications of how the new head of the Roman ...

The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...