Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius said the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV “was first and foremost a unifying experience.

a divinely guided choice for the Church’s best leader at the time.” Keywords: papal conclave papacy Matthew McDonald Matthew McDonald is a staff reporter for The National Catholic Register and ...

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were ...

Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

Under a bright sun, around an altar set up at centerfield, more than a dozen priests and bishops led by Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich concelebrated a special Mass for the elec ...

The pre-Mass program started with the national anthem of Peru sung by Luis Galvez, a native Peruvian and music director at a ...

How he chooses to bring his own legal acumen to bear on each of these three situations will say a great deal about the early ...

Many people throughout the world mourned the death of Pope Francis and looked expectantly upon the election of a new leader for the Catholic Church. Their gaze was captured by probably the most famous ...

to begin the voting process for the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church...but what goes into a conclave? How does it work? And what exactly is all of the smoke about? According to Father David ...