News that the global Catholic Church would get its first U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholic students at Princeton and ...

Pope Leo XIV declared families "the cradle of the future of humanity" during Mass for the Jubilee of Families at St. Peter's Square.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

Pope Leo XIV has seen and experienced the Church in more contexts than perhaps any other person currently living...’ ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

An American flag is displayed as Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his ...

(RNS) — It was a moment we had been told never to expect: An American cardinal, Robert Prevost, stepped onto the balcony of ...

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was never set.

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