Photos of "a pope in muddy boots" began circulating on social media shortly after Cardinal Robert Prevost was introduced as Pope Leo XIV. The story behind the images tells of a pastor in close kinship ...

Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated ...

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Trump said that following a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia and Ukraine will begin ceasefire negotiations ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Most Rev. Bruce Lewandowski will officially become Rhode Island’s new Roman Catholic bishop on ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich says Pope Leo XIV will prioritize the environment and needs of immigrants, citing major themes throughout the pontiff’s homily during his inaugural Mass on Sunday. The ...

The Trump administration seeks to improve ties by working with Pope Leo XIV on ending the Ukraine war and de-emphasizing ...

The Holy Father addressed a throng of more than 200,000 with a tone of humility and gratitude, conscious of the enormous task ...

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

During a special audience with religious leaders who came to Rome for the inauguration of his papal ministry, Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV met JD Vance in the private library of the Apostolic Palace, a day after the pontiff's inaugural Mass.