News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

In a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Ben Ray Luján grills Mr. James O'Neill, Trump nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on whether or not he agrees with some of ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call: ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

He is certainly the most powerful, at least for three more years, but power is only one measure of importance. On Thursday, a ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole roots. That is raising awareness about the complexity of the Creole ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic ...

The split has grown wider in recent years as a growing segment of conservative Catholics becomes increasingly vocal and assertive. Pope Francis saw his popularity decline in the US over time as the ...

As the United States of America approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, the country has achieved something many ...