"I don't mind that it's black smoke, it shows the Holy Spirit is at work. There will be other votes soon enough, we will get our pope," he told AFP. The cardinal electors had earlier gathered in ...

Cardinal David, one of the 133 cardinal electors who voted for the new pope, shares a rare glimpse into the Conclave.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church. But what sets him apart is not that ...

The modality for choosing a PopeTHE election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive procedures in the world. Rooted in centuries of tradition and canon law, ...

If I’m honest, it’s not always easy to be Catholic—especially as someone from a minority group. Being both Black and Catholic ...

Habemus papam, we have a pope!” exclaimed Levi Meyer, a junior at St. John Vianney College Seminary (SJV) in St. Paul who is ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Wednesday shared his experience as a cardinal-elector at the recently concluded concluded ...

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

PORT CHARLOTTE — A day before the conclave to elect a new pope, Louis Prevost called his younger brother, Robert Prevost, ...

Roughly 70 firefighters and ten fire engines raced to Silvertown Way in Canning Town earlier this morning to rescue a person ...