Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

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Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley ...