The Holy Spirit—one of the persons of the Trinity, referred to as “God” in Acts 5:3-4—has many other names and titles. Most of them indicate an aspect of His function in, or ministry through, the ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the Catholic Church in Oklahoma can run the nation’s first religious charter school, a potentially major expansion of the use ...

The Archbishop of Nyeri Catholic Archdiocese in Kenya has urged ... Archbishop Muheria expressed optimism that the Church in Kenya is set to benefit from the missionary experience of the Holy Father, ...

He hoped the pope’s Creole heritage — emerging from the city’s “cultural gumbo pot” — signals an inclusive outlook for the Catholic Church. “I want the continued elevation of the ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show. ABC News has obtained several records ...

The pope prayed for peace in his first official remarks, but his words come against a backdrop of deadly wars, a long shadow of abuse within the church he now leads, and chaos and division at home ...

After a short return to the U.S. as an official of the Augustinian order in Illinois, he returned to Peru as a seminary professor to teach canon law, the legal structure of the Catholic Church.

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 ...

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 ... “How is it ...

Enormous bells of St. Peter's Basilica began to ring, tolling the news that the Catholic Church has a new pope. The vote came on the second day of the papal election process known as the conclave.