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

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.

In the eyes of many LGBTQ Catholics, the late Pope Francis created a “seismic shift ... his energy is going to be focused,” she told NBC News in an interview Friday.

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you,” and emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and missionary evangelization ...

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 ...

Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English to the cardinals who elected him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social justice-minded footsteps. He acknowledged the great ...

Reporting for "TODAY," NBC’s Lester Holt shares a glimpse at ... She added, “This morning, we have a new father.” If the late Pope Francis sought to provide moral leadership on the conflicts ...

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

A huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square awaited the announcement of the pope’s identity Thursday, and they were rewarded to see the face of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerge.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a link back to his Delaware County past when he put on a Villanova University baseball hat that was ...