Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevos in the U.S., has been chosen to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church. The announcement comes on the second day of the papal conclave.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu and others are accused of corruption, money laundering and extortion related to a luxury investment by ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican 's Secretary of State for the last 12 years and its top diplomat, has emerged on nearly ...

The ailing pope was short of breath, sitting beneath a cherished painting of Mary, Untier of Knots, as he worked through a ...

Cardinals currently in conclave could face a harsh consequence if they breach the rules while choosing the new pope ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official and leading papal contender, has formally withdrawn from ...

Currently, five Middle Eastern cardinals will participate in the election and they hail from Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, ...

ROME – The College of Cardinals welcomed Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s decision to withdraw from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect Pope Francis ...

Sexual predators, crooked financiers, spies and a spattering of murderers: while the Vatican may appear an earthly garden ...

Cardinals respond to Becciu's withdrawal from the 2025 conclave as frontrunners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.