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.

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, ...

The Vatican today (May 8) confirmed that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the new pontiff, following the death of Pope ...

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 ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...