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

Daniel DiNardo, 75, retired this year as archbishop of Galveston-Houston — the fifth-largest U.S. diocese ... of coverups of sexual abuse by priests. DiNardo shared Francis’ strong support ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers, priests made the sign of the ... Locally, the Catholic Diocese of Memphis had the following to say on the election of Pope Leo XIV: "Our ...

Brother Richard Withers has lived a life of solitary prayer and contemplation in the Philadelphia region for 24 years. On May ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The election of Pope Leo XIV has been met with celebration and well-wishes from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese of Covington. Churches were encouraged to ring ...

"Pope Leo the XIV. So in that sense, it is very, very historic." Semi-retired priest and WHAS11's Moral Side of the News guest Father Joe Graffis also gave his perspective on the new pope.

Fr. John Nahrgang and Fr. Fernando Camou, two priests from the Diocese of Phoenix, were among the thousands packed into St. Peter’s Square when the historic selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost ...

“He’s not the loudest voice in the room, but he wants to hear everyone’s voice,” Howe said, based on a conversation with his brother, a retired priest in Chicago. Still, in true Chicago ...

In his inaugural address as pope, Leo switched from speaking in Italian to Spanish – one of several European languages he speaks – to address his “beloved diocese” in Chiclayo. Peruvian ...