White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...

Pope Leo XIV, now the most prominent US-born religious leader in history, has positioned himself to be a force for unity at a ...

His story is a call to hope and a challenge to the Church in India to see finally and fully those it has failed to embrace ...

His elevation to the highest levels of the Church hierarchy occurred entirely under ... and his familiarity with others as Francis’s deputy in episcopal matters. And his reputation as a ...

We all face the challenge of finding our place. But the most serious task anyone will ever have is to find one’s place in the Church.

A canon lawyer by training, his rise through the church hierarchy was swift ... particularly his role in episcopal appointments, shows clear alignment with the late pope’s commitment to a ...

During his tenure, he oversaw pivotal reforms, including a landmark decision to involve women in the discernment process for episcopal candidates ... regarded as a centrist within the Catholic Church ...

According to the Roman Catholic tradition of apostolic succession, Peter was the first pope appointed by Christ. The line of ...

What began as a cordial exchange of comments between Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House this week rapidly disintegrated into an acrimonious affair. Trump ...