Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

The newly elected pope, Leo XIV, once held a role at a Catholic school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before rising to become the leader ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ...

SNL's Weekend Update addresses complaints from conservatives that Pope Leo XIV is "woke," and trashes Donald Trump wanting to ...

A Wheaton chapel-turned-restaurant — its stained glass windows still in place — may have been the perfect backdrop for the ...

In the frenzied days leading up to the papal conclave following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, speculation was rampant: ...

In his first formal meeting with cardinals, which began with a standing ovation, the new pontiff said he chose his papal name ...

The Archdiocese of Newark and Catholics in Scotch Plains and Fanwood are celebrating the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic ...

Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.