Pope Francis opened the door to the LGBTQ faithful, and they are hoping the new pontiff continues to move the Catholic Church ...

Four students from Los Angeles-area Catholic high schools will visit the Vatican to participate in a memorial service for Pope Francis while hoping to meet the new head of the Catholic Church, the Los ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their respects to the late pontiff.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected.

The new pope will preside over an inauguration Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, according to the Vatican.

Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff's work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, became a rare case of an American citizen serving as a foreign head of state.

Get local news you need to know to start your day with NBC 6's News Headlines newsletter. Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen to be the new pope for the Roman Catholic Church. He will be called ...

After multiple votes over two days, Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was raised in Chicago, has been elected as the first-ever American Pope of the Catholic Church.