“The pope is not your friend. He is not going to sit down and have a beer with you,” he says. “If you think the pope is your ...

The course, which kicks off in September, will feature contributions from Robert Fastiggi, Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius ...

Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. With growing antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in ...

The "Mass for the Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry," to be held in St. Peter's Square, will mark the visible and public ...

COMMENTARY: The renewal of the Church begins at the altar — when we worship with awe, humility, and a heart open to mystery.

In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope Leo.

felt close to the South Side on Sunday as Chicagoans were still grasping the reality that a son of the neighborhood had become pope, the first American ever. “It’s fantastic,” said David Williams, a ...

Leo will be formally installed as pope at a Mass on May 18, the Vatican said Friday, and will preside over his first general ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, saying his service to the poor and the church had propelled him to the papacy.

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. After he was unveiled as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he spoke to huge crowds from the ...

In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow. Cardinal Robert F ...