Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy' presents readers with a substantive, engaging portrait of where things ...

The Pope loves Aurelio’s pizza and Portillo’s chocolate cake from restaurants in the Windy City. Order a pepperoni pie (the ...

ANALYSIS: Six months into Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, the USCCB meets to elect a new president and address challenges posed ...

The process by which a new pope is elected has undergone numerous changes in the nearly two millennia that the Catholic Church has existed, with the current procedure a combination of ancient ...

Allen’s book, “León XIV: Ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI” (“Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the ...

Twenty cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors spoke to NCR after Pope Leo XIV's election. In Part 2 of this series, the conclave opens and the cardinals make their crucial choice.