Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel. We will probably never see another pope born as Jorge Mario ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

Victor Mooney, a former Long Islander who rowed 5,000 miles across the Atlantic in 2015, is taking his thirst for adventure ...

A more recent transition that I’m struggling to accept is the passing of Pope Francis. A person doesn’t have to be a Catholic ...

Fact checked by Stella Osoba The Vatican doesn't disclose any financial payments it makes to popes, so how much they might be ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election on Thursday, May 8, as Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Hailing from ...

This means Leo believes a united church faithful to Jesus Christ is essential to the mission of the church in proclaiming the ...

An invitation has already been extended to Pope Leo XIV to attend this year’s COP30 U.N. climate conference in Brazil.

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next pontiff at the conclave.

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