We have white smoke! 133 voting cardinals elect a new pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, on the second day of the conclave. Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the 267th pope, the first U.S. pontiff in … ...

Pope Francis views the Vatican Pavilion installation at the Venice Art Biennale in the Church of La Maddalena in the Giudecca’s women’s prison facility on April 28, 2024 in Venice, Italy.

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful. Leo celebrated Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the Feast of ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, where he will bless the pallia for the new metropolitan archbishops, Sunday, June 29, 2025.