The dispute revolves around a state law that requires priests to report allegations of sexual abuse heard during confession.

As much as time may have seemed to pass too quickly, a photo posted on the palaces Instagram account proves that the ...

Permanent deacons who minister in the Diocese of Rochester and elsewhere are celebrating milestone anniversaries of ordination in 2025.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

Addressing the cardinals in English, he said “you have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed” and asked ... the 13th-century friar who was a great companion to St. Francis of Assisi, the late ...

There had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, but the Chicago native, who had been a leading candidate for the papacy, was ...