News of an American pope took many by surprise. "Everybody said there would never be an American pope," said Deacon Phil ...

Critics of the measure, which addresses both real and artificial intelligence-generated imagery, say the language is too ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order banning federal funding for “gain of function” research on pathogens in some foreign laboratories, the latest signal that the White House and ...

Pope Leo XIV is the youngest pope we have had since Pope St. John Paul II. At 69, he is only a little older than his prolific ...

Dear Mr. Langworthy, I read your April 29 newsletter celebrating President Trump’s first 100 days in office with equal parts astonishment and rage. Since you have isolated yourself from your ...

“Augustinian” is the word most often used to describe the cast of mind of Pope Leo XIV. He used it himself in his first papal ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first North American pontiff and will be called Pope Leo XIV - Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the ...

The Board of Commissioners meeting room was packed with people April 30, but none of them cared about the four ordinances or ...

Mr. Trump has expressed a fondness for military parades since his first term, when he backed off his bid for a spectacle after some in his administration balked at the cost. The lack of enthusiasm in ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

The 80-year-old Democrat told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in the U.S. Senate.