Pope Leo XIV has been described as a potential bridge-builder for a divided Catholic Church, likely to pursue parts of his ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

They said there will never be an American pope," the Rev. Michael Alello, of St. Aloysius Catholic Church said on social ...

Zerkowski had plenty to say because Francis’ writing and teaching had allowed him to start an LGBTQ ministry at Historic St. Paul Catholic Church in downtown Lexington in 2016. A television crew ...

Catholics in metro Detroit are praising the first American to be pope, who once lived in Michigan, saying he will continue Pope Francis' legacy of caring for marginalized communities. Some also hope ...

He has emphasized in a inclusive approach to ministry concerning marginalized groups and LGBTQ individuals. Regarding the Catholic Church's traditional exclusion of LGBTQ people, during a 2023 ...

He has suggested the church might, in the future, allow women to be ordained into the ministry ... was a vociferous defender of mostly traditional Catholic doctrines. Burke lost titles and ...

Tagle, who looks younger than his 67 years and likes to be called by his diminutive nickname “Chito”, has headed the Vatican ...

ROME -- They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where cardinals ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history while congratulations poured in from world ...

Catholic leaders in Oklahoma posted about and issued statements regarding the election of the Church's first American-born pope.