Thousands of Catholics gathered on Saturday for an outdoor mass in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to celebrate the election of ...

New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

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

"It's not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I'm Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

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

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

The world watched as white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the swift election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

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

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

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 ...