Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Peter Jones and a group of Loyola University Chicago educators traveled to Rome for an hour private meeting with Pope Francis. As the white ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

In the wake of the death of Pope Francis, Inside Edition's Mary Calvi traveled to Rome to cover the election of the new pope.

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural mass Sunday, May 18, with world leaders and a crowd of 200,000 people gathered in St ...

Me, cranky, I grab the phone and snarl into it: “Enough with you already. Who are you?” The pleasant tempered voice then says ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending tradition, diplomacy, and modern priorities.

At his installation Mass, the pope said, "in this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, ...