See scenes from the May 17 Mass with Rite of Ordination to the Priesthood at the Cathedral Basilica in Philadelphia.

Pope Leo XIV has stepped into the position of leader of the Catholic Church at a time when the church in the United States is in transition.

The three parishes merging are St. John the Baptist in East Brookfield, St. Joseph's Church in North Brookfield and Our Lady ...

Bishop David Bonnar, head of the Catholic Diocese of Youngtown, issued a statement pledging support for newly elected Pope ...

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

The archbishop, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and veteran of the Church’s diplomatic corps, recalls ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, became the first pope from the United States. The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay bishop said Leo's selection confirms the strength of the ...

Before he became the new pope, Robert Prevost was the bishop of Chiclayo, a city in the north of Peru, where many describe ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

For most people, church is supposed to feel like a safe place, but with recent immigration enforcement activities, the ...

Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert announced new clergy assignments Sunday in the diocese. The annual assignments are designed to meet the needs of the diocese’s 78 parishes, as well as needs at colleges ...