(THE CONVERSATION) In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish ...

One of Pope Leo's tasks will be appointing a new bishop to the Diocese of Austin, which has been without one since March.

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Camden's Bishop Joseph A. Williams recently said the diocese will no longer object to the New Jersey state investigation of clergy abuse.

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury ...

The diocese argues a grand jury isn’t needed, largely because of a 2002 memorandum of understanding between New Jersey Catholic dioceses and prosecutors. The memorandum required church officials ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey's Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate ...

Seven years ago, after New Jersey ... its Catholic dioceses that requires church officials to report allegations of abuse to county prosecutors had “eradicated” the issue. “The State has no evidence ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey's Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy ...