Come and join the Augustinians! Be a friar, just like Pope Leo XIV.” The invitation, posted recently on the Facebook page of ...

Ultra-rare documents held at the National Library of Scotland shed light on the inner workings of the secretive papal conclave ...

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

Catholics around the world are continuing to celebrate the selection of a new leader of the church, including students at ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

"JD Vance is wrong," the future-pope wrote on Feb. 3, echoing the title of the op-ed in the National Catholic Reporter.

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

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost is the new head of the Catholic Church who has led the faithful in Latin America and ...

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.

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...