On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo ...

Bishop John E. Keehner of Sioux City, Iowa, released a statement in English and Spanish moments after Chicago-born Cardinal ...

Peace be with you all!’ Beloved brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd who ...

Groups of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics processed down the national shrine's main aisle, led by pilgrims carrying arches ...

CRS president and CEO Sean Callahan said the agency was "overjoyed by the election of Pope Leo XIV" and looks forward to his ...

In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump congratulated the new pope, saying, "It is such an honor to realize that he is ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called ...

American Catholics from coast to coast were thrilled to learn the next pope was one of their very own: Pope Leo XIV.

Thick plumes of black smoke appeared from a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. to indicate no winners emerged ...

Many Americans were around in Rome, some of whom live locally, or attend school, and others who were visiting -- looking for ...

As Catholics came together at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to pray for the cardinal ...

When white smoke came pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica started pealing, people went running or quickly walking to St. Peter's Square.