On May 16, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, an Ecumenical prayer was held at the Notre Dame ...

So far, Pope Leo XIV has leaned fairly heavily into the legacy of his storied predecessor, Leo XIII, but he reflects Leo X.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...

His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts and President of the Assembly of Patriarchs ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...