Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, became a rare case of an American citizen serving as a foreign head of state.

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

I recalled the open-air youth day Mass during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Peru in 1985, when I was 13 years old; it was so hot that day that the authorities sprayed water on us with hoses ...

Only four of the American electors actively serve as archbishops in the U.S.: Timothy Dolan of New York, Blase Cupich ... in 1975 and appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1998 as bishop of Rapid ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Attila Kisbenedek/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Like Pope John Paul II of Poland ... job can be good for the brain and body, but Leo may still have to contend with challenges that are ...

May God uplift humanity in this great city of Chicago.” Pope John Paul II speaks at Holy Name Cathedral in 1979, during his visit to Chicago. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) As world-renowned ...

Today’s newsletter will guide you through The Times’s coverage of the new pope and his views. Robert Prevost, newly ordained, greets Pope John Paul II in ... But the two may diverge on other ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of communication in favor of peace.” ...