Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were or what we were doing when the news was broken to us. The moment the TV ...

A two-day conclave has come to an end with the election of Pope Leo XIV, successor to Pope Francis and the first American ...

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public ...

Pope Francis put the Catholic Church on the side of the environmental movement by embracing science and our responsibility ...

We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

I haven’t encountered any American who didn’t experience one of those sentiments upon learning a U.S. citizen became the next pope.

At one level, it's going to be really helpful because the name he chose, Leo XIV, is important. He has been very clear about ...

Regarding the article “Western Pa. Catholics anticipate papal conclave to usher in new era” (May 8, TribLive): It was not Pope Francis who “opened the way” for women and girls to serve as readers and ...