Pope Leo XIV has taken his first trip outside the Vatican to visit a Catholic shrine and pay respects at the tomb of his ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

He secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.