Since 1800, 13 out of now 17 popes were from Italy, according to data from the Vatican's Holy See. READ MORE:Pope Leo XIV is ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...

Vice President JD Vance will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV following the pontiff’s historic election as the first ...

A new pope has been selected, and with the selection comes a major historic moment that excited local members of the Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday — the second day of the conclave to elect the successor of Pope Francis.The ...

The 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen, having been naturalized after working in the country for decades—was born ...

But between the 1600s and 1800s, conclaves lasted much longer. The longest conclave since 1404 was 182 days in 1740.The most recent conclave before Leo, which elected Pope Francis in 2013 ...