Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was surprised by the choice of an American-born pope to lead the worldwide church.

St. Joseph students witness history as Pope Leo XIV becomes the first American pontiff. When white smoke appeared over the Vatican, the staff at St. Joseph Catholic School in Fayetteville knew what it ...

The Roman Catholic Church has a new Pope. He is 69-year-old Leo XIV - the first-ever American chosen to lead the Roman ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Nathan Ledoux, who is preparing to become a priest in the Diocese of Providence, had a front-row seat on May 8 when Cardinal ...

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the ...

Dr. Ron Rombs, director of the University of Dallas Rome Program, was surprised and found it unbelievable that an ...