On Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Thomas L. Gillespie of St. Patrick Church of St. Oscar Romero Parish and staff members were ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in ...

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

Thousands of Catholics gathered on Saturday for an outdoor mass in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to celebrate the election of ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse ...

Live‘s Weekend Update had its fun with the headlines this week, including the naming of the new sovereign of the Vatican City ...

The pope is many things, by definition and as a byproduct of his job description. The bishop of Rome. The worldwide leader of ...

Following the election of Pope Leo XIV, social media has exploded with Christians (mostly non-Catholics) claiming that the ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church. He identified AI as one of the ...

Catholics around the world are continuing to celebrate the selection of a new leader of the church, including students at ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...