What do you wear to the Vatican for the close of a papal conclave? A “Techno Is My Boyfriend” hat from an obscure London ...

While many of us were enjoying some time off for Thanksgiving, the US government took drastic action against Huawei and four other Chinese companies. The hardest hit are Huawei and ZTE, as the ban ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

“Together, we must try to find out how to be a missionary church, a church that builds ... Peru and Colleen Barry in Schiavon, Italy contributed to this report. Associated Press religion ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday ... of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Rome, Italy, May 10, 2025. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media Handout ...

Harry Styles joined Vatican crowds as Pope Leo XIV gave his first address and fans were particularly impressed by his ...

Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 had a twist. He wore a black cassock underneath the white cassock and white rochet and red mozzetta, giving him a red-and-white-and-black look when he raised his arms — ...

The Catholic church has a new leader ... After three ballots ended with black smoke billowing out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney — signaling that no pope had been selected — white smoke ...

The last pope to take the name Leo was Leo XIII, an Italian who led the church from 1878 to 1903. That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and ...