Pope Leo XIV will face many challenges in his time as leader of the Catholic Church, including how to counter Chinese ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the current bookmakers' favorite to be the next pope, is facing renewed scrutiny over a deal he made ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Beijing seeks to replace the Vatican’s approved bishop in Xinxiang.

As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have made ...

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday congratulated Pope Leo XIV on being elected the new leader of the Catholic ...

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at ...

Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the ...

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote ...

While China enjoyed a special deal ... Time will tell whether the next pope will follow in Francis’s footsteps and permit the continuation of liberal Protestant policies. It’s up to the men who will ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te sent congratulations on Friday to newly appointed Pope Leo, saying Taiwan looked forward to ...