VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

"Francis was my pope for less than two days," said a new Catholic visiting from the U.S. "I wish he'd stayed longer, because ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

Students, faculty, and staff came together at Parkersburg Catholic High School on May 8 to see the historic moment of the ...

The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...

It’s an historic first for the Catholic Church and for the United States, as Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago has been elected the 267th pope of the Roman ...

First American pontiff takes Catholic Church helm amid increasing global turmoil - The 69-year-old was chosen to be the 267th ...

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson discusses Pope Leo XIV's name, its significance, and what it may indicate about his papal ...

Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the ...

There is a new pope, and for the first time ever, an American has been chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Bradley Blackburn ...

The hopeful case is that the new Holy Father will come prepared to tackle two major challenges for the church: its rickety ...