Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

The rules behind Pope Leo remaining a US citizen now he’s a foreign head of state - Other US citizens have served as foreign ...

Pope Leo XIV greeted thousands of his followers and world leaders during the Inaugural Mass of his pontificate in St. Peter’s ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV's significance as leader of the Catholic Church is beyond dispute, but the papacy's role has historically extended far beyond the altar and pews. For more than a century, ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

The name suggests he will continue the work of Pope Leo XIII, who led the Catholic Church between 1878 and 1903 with a commitment to social issues. Natalia Imperatori-Lee, the rel ...

In this week’s Throwback Thursday, Brian Bouchard revisits Pope John Paul II’s visit to Moncton, New Brunswick. Pope John Paul II was known as “The Pilgrim Pope” visiting over 129 countries in his ...

Concluding a series of special reports for The Irish News from the Vatican, Martin O’Brien heard from the new pontiff at an audience for journalists ...

For many centuries we have seen the custom of a new pope changing his name. It signals the kind of papacy he envisions as he assumes the mantle.