As a matter of public policy, qualified immunity provides ample protection to all but the plainly incompetent or those who ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

Cardinal says Leo will be ‘darn good Pope’ as White House downplays Trump tensions - Celebrations for Pope Leo XIV have swept ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...

His tally was rising with each round of voting, while support for the early front-runner—Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin—was ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

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