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 ...

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.

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

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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 ...

It was an electrifying moment on Thursday May 8 when Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, 14 September 1955) was elected the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

A social media exchange on the outcome of the recent papal conclave caught my attention the other day. It went like this: A: ...

The new pope will need to unify a church that is increasingly global and moving beyond its eurocentric pastPope Leo XIV has ...