ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Diocese of St. Petersburg held a special mass at St. Petersburg Catholic High School’s Chapel on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the selection of Pope Leo XIV.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in ...

Being sealed off from the world in the conclave to choose the new Pope was "immensely peaceful", England and Wales's most senior Roman Catholic has told the BBC. Cardinal Vincent Nichols ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...

ALBANY — Officials from Albany’s Roman Catholic Diocese hailed the election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, at a news conference Thursday ...

The election of Robert Francis Prevost as the first US pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church surprised many around the world and brought pride to Chicago’s southeast side ...

"The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore gives thanks to almighty God for blessing us with a new Vicar of Christ," the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said in a statement on Friday.

SO THAT WAS HOW I INTERPRETED THAT GESTURE. THEN THERE’S POLITICS. WE HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC. WE HAVE SIX OF OUR NINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Bishop Timothy Senior and staff with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg were gathered on Thursday afternoon in a meeting room at the offices, watching news coverage of ...

The 133 cardinal electors have just elected the Roman Catholic Church' 267th Pope, duly signaled by the white smoke seen coming out of Rome's Sistine Chapel at around 12:20 a.m. on Friday morning, May ...

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, Reverend Salvatore R. Matano pledged his congregation's support and fidelity to the newly elected pontiff in a May 8 statement. Pope Leo not only ...