Bishop Barry Knestout says the new pontiff, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, offers 'renewed hope' for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel last May, NCR's former Vatican correspondent Christopher White was there.

Catholics had become conditioned to believe the conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected pope, writes ...

Vice President JD Vance is a Catholic and was one of the last people granted audience with Pope Francis before his death.

Pope Leo XIV opened his X account @drprevost in August 2011, back when the social media platform was still known as Twitter.

Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, marks his first year in office. Catholics share their views on his papacy.

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, waves to the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his election as pope on May 8, 2025. Credit: (CNS photo/Vatican Media) On May 8—the ...

Today, we know a lot more about Cardinal Robert Prevost turned Pope Leo XIV. A year after his first words to the world were ...

Before leading more than a billion Catholics worldwide, Pope Leo XIV was just another customer trying to update his bank ...

“Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year’s real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot ...