Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardi­nals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV—an American—it was met with mixed emotions ...

Excitement rippled through New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday morning, the first since an American was picked ...

The St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville holds first Sunday Mass after new Pope is selected The St. Joseph Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV Sunday called for world peace, an end to conflicts across the globe and "no more war" during his first papal ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said on Sunday that he thinks Pope Leo XIV will carry forward Francis’s ...

U.S. negotiators said Sunday that “substantial progress” was made and “perhaps the differences weren’t so large” after two ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday ...

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

The new pope has made clear — in his remarks and his choice of a motto — that unity within the global church will be a paramount priority.