The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what people in Chicago neighborhoods call a “reg’lar ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Leo XIV has taken his first trip outside the Vatican to visit a Catholic shrine and pay respects at the tomb of his ...

In his evanescent address, Pope Leo XIV said, "To all you brothers and sisters of Rome, Italy, of all the world, we want to be a synodal church, walking and always seeking peace, charity, closeness, ...

An American boomer from the Chicago area has been elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Whoa! There is so much going on ...

At Villanova, the future Pope Leo XIV had a front-row seat to significant social change. Plus, Pa. Democratic justices are ...

Among the Church priorities championed by Francis, Leo said he intended to uphold "loving care for the least and the rejected ...

The Bishop of Shrewsbury has today written to the people of his Diocese to share the joy of the election of Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages, as well as "no more war", as he lead a prayer to the Virgin Mary from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to ...