When Pope Francis was elected by the conclave in March 2013, it was made very clear just hours after the vote by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop of New York, that reform of the Vatican’s sclerotic ...

Eyes were focused on that chimney at the Vatican for a considerable time during the past week. The election of the successor of Pope Francis has a relevance extending beyond religion and religious ...

Along with the spiritual leadership of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, Pope Leo XIV now inherits oversight of the ...

The selection of Robert Prevost surprised outside observers. But as other contenders fell away, one after another, the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

The latest estimate from the police is that about 30,000 people are currently in St Peter's Square. Tina Beattie, former ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary, was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

The late Pope Francis sought to battle corruption, but his successor faces the even harder task of balancing the books.

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter's Square in Vatican City for the first vote of conclave.

Twists and turns were par for the course in the pre-conclave lobbying period. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once the Holy See’s ...