Robert Francis Prevost was a relatively low-profile cardinal from Chicago. But on May 8, the 69-year-old stunned the world ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

Leo XIV launches his first week as leader of the world's Roman Catholics on Monday, with journalists, diplomats and top ...

The church can save some parishes if it allows nuns to do the ‘field hospital’ work Pope Francis talked of. The election of an American pope, Leo XIV, is a fitting culmination of a conclave that had ...

People in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own.

The pope's inauguration mass at St Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18 will be a far grander affair -- his first public mass as ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Rome to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass and meet with foreign leaders.

Las Vegas Catholics gathered at Guardian Angel Cathedral for a special thanksgiving Mass celebrating Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in history, led by Archbishop George Leo Thomas.

Bishop Mark L. Bartchak will preside at a Diocesan Mass celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV at noon Wednesday, May 14, at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona.

The faithful gathered for Sunday Mass for the first time since Chicago native Robert Prevost was selected as the next pontiff. His election marks a meaningful new chapter for the church nationwide.

We pray for the Pope. We pray that he'll be a great pastor and a great beacon of hope and light to the world,” said Father Tim Holeda of Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More.

At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...