Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Choosing the leader of the Catholic Church is a process filled with ancient pomp and politicking. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Ceremonial white smoke billowed ...

No rest for the new pope! Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Mass as pope Friday, May 9, for the College of Cardinals at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET). The Mass will be broadcast live by the EWTN ...

(RNS) — Nearly a year after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, two deeply sourced books offer competing portraits of the context and maneuvering behind the first U.S. pope’s election. “Popes, ...

U.S. bishops marked the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election by recalling the moment they learned he had been chosen, describing their reactions in a video message. “When we were watching the ...

Pope Leo approved Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle's election as the dean of the Catholic Church's college of cardinals, the ...

(RNS) — Two new books reveal insight around the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, tracing the alliances, rivalries and quiet maneuvering that shaped the first American papacy. (RNS) — Nearly a year ...

Nearly a year after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, two deeply sourced books offer competing portraits of the context and maneuvering behind the first U.S.-born pope's election. Popes, Dollars ...