It is a very nice thing for America and the world that the new pope, Leo XIV — who will help guide the faith of more than a ...

Excitement rippled through New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday morning, the first since an American was picked ...

The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost​, who will now forever be known as Pope Leo XIV​ and the first American pope​,​ ...

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse -- and the Department of Justice has their back.

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

What will Pope Leo XIV do? Will he continue the policies of Pope Francis or take the Catholic church in another direction?

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...