I had my first taste of elections in the grade school classroom. We wrote out the ballots, the teacher read the names aloud, ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, a native of the Philippines, is known for his progressive stances, emphasis on social justice and affinity for people.

The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the ...

Tagle, who looks younger than his 67 years and likes to be called by his diminutive nickname “Chito”, has headed the Vatican ...

MANILA, Philippines — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ... Mildred Martinez, was of Spanish descent. He is also a polyglot, fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese, and ...

He spoke to the crowd in Italian and Spanish, but not English ... Communist Party came to power and the expulsion of foreign priests. The country’s estimated millions of Catholics were divided ...

When he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and offered, “Peace be with you all,” in Italian and Spanish–avoiding English entirely ... and the first ever from the Philippines. For now, at ...