The name alone often speaks volumes. In choosing to reign as Francis, first of that name, Jorge Bergoglio signaled clearly ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.

Many LGBTQ+ Catholic groups have welcomed the new pope, while voicing concern over his 2012 comments and hope for a shift in stance.

Very human, very humble, but very discerning.” This is how Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle described then Cardinal Robert Francis ...

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to ...

It was by chance that Spencer Pearson found himself in Rome during a papal conclave — and even more serendipitous that, on ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Pope Leo XIV has only been in the job one day and already faces a packed schedule of religious services, diplomatic meetings ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV is a posthumous victory for his predecessor Francis, and the Chicago-born pontiff will follow in ...

Florida is the home of the U.S. president, secretary of state, attorney general and likely next U.S. representative at the United Nations.

Almost a decade ago, award-winning film director Paolo Sorrentino launched his first series, with Jude Law playing the first pope from the US. Is reality now catching up with fiction?

New York celebrates the election of the first American pope, Cardinal Prevost, with a spontaneous gathering at St. Patrick's ...