The election of Pope Leo XIV in May 2025 was followed by a modest rise in the sense of meaning in life among a sample of ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV took a first step Friday to lay the groundwork for the eventual conclave that will elect his successor: He appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of ...

In 2,000 years, there have been around 266 Popes. But how do you become the head of the Catholic Church? Any baptized ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV took a first step Friday to lay the groundwork for the eventual conclave that will elect his successor: He appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of ...

As Pope Leo XIV recovers in the hospital, a students from his hometown of Chicago are sending him get-well cards and a White ...

Pope Leo was diagnosed with cancer after undergoing surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. He's a little over a ...

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of the College of Cardinals, the Vatican said on Friday, in a role that would see him lead any future conclave. Tagle, ...

Louis Prevost said that although it was “panic city” when the family first found out that Leo might have cancer, “after the ...

NPR's Daniel Burke and Scott Detrow covered the 2025 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. The following excerpt is adapted from their new biography of Pope Leo, American Pope, out Tuesday. In the days ...

Pope Paul VI, crowned by Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, was the last pope to be crowned, in 1963. (photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) A brief history of the most intriguing papal elections.