Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Post
Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United…
Opinion | Three Conservative Catholics on the Conclave and the Future of the Church
Douthat: Does a safe pair of hands mean an Italian? A member of the curia? Cardinal Parolin? Dougherty: I have nothing against Italians, but I hope not. It’s hard not…
Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t
When more than 130 cardinals solemnly file into the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin voting on who among them will lead the Roman Catholic Church as the next…
The Filipino Cardinal Who Could Be the First Asian Pope
He never aspired to be a priest. After he rose to be a bishop, he implied that he suffered from impostor syndrome. And when Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of…