See scenes from the May 17 Mass with Rite of Ordination to the Priesthood at the Cathedral Basilica in Philadelphia.

The archbishop, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and veteran of the Church’s diplomatic corps, recalls ...

Philadelphia woman confirmed by Pope Leo XIV in Peru says she prays for pontiff daily 02:01. As the world looks to the future ...

Built by Polish immigrants in 1882, St. Laurentius Roman Catholic Church stood tall at the corner of Berks and Memphis ...

While cardinals were electing Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a group of Philadelphia students were selecting a pontiff of ...

As Philadelphians and Catholics rejoiced at the announcement of the new pope, with his ties to Villanova University, among ...

After the Holy See announced a new pope — Pope Leo XIV, the successor to Pope Francis — attention will turn to the Catholic ...

Philly’s LGBTQIA+ community is sharing their emotions and concerns about the transition to Pope Francis’ successor.

Robert Francis Prevost, named as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday -- and the first American to ever be ...

A billboard in Philadelphia showed the pope with a tagline ... time around the end of the Vietnam War, while the Catholic Church had been in a state of change, as well, Donohue added.

Villanova, home to about 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the suburbs of Philadelphia, is the nation’s premier ...