The Latin expression Habemus Papam—which means “We have a Pope!”—is the official announcement that proclaims the election of a new pontiff in the Catholic Church. This declaration is made by the ...

UPDATE: (3:25 p.m.): Here he is. His first words to the faithful were: "It seems to me that my brothers and cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am." UPDATE (3:21 p.m.): ...

A man who served the Church despite Parkinson's; he saw us threatened “not by the clash of civilizations, but by the clash between ignorance and radicalism.” A man who served the Church despite ...

White smoke wafted Wednesday evening from the Sistine Chapel. Soon after, the newly minted leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics emerged: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The former Archbishop of ...