WASHINGTON (AP) — Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are excited about their ...

A new bill in Congress would “safeguard” the U.S. citizenship of any American elected as pope of the Catholic Church and ...

The Pope released his message for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated in October, on July ...

The professors have raised concerns about what they say was confusion and ambiguity caused by some of the late pope's actions ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

"Many migrants, refugees and displaced persons are privileged witnesses of hope," he wrote. "Indeed, they demonstrate this ...

In the first days of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV wasted no time making the Catholic Church’s stance on marriage crystal clear. Leo XIV has aligned himself with long-standing Catholic doctrine ...

Pope Leo XIV has only been at the helm of the Catholic Church for a few weeks and there is already myriad false information circulating on social media.Ever since Pope Leo XIV has been elected the ...

The institution of the Catholic Church has existed for around 2,000 ... “Let us hope that the new pope is a person who can continue implementing the position the pope who passed away has ...

Pope Leo XIV blasted the new arms race and the failure to address the climate crisis and social inequality in his message for ...

M any people throughout the world mourned the death of Pope Francis and looked expectantly upon the election of a new leader for the Catholic Church. Their gaze was captured by probably the most ...

March 13, 2013— -- There's been some excited chatter that the new pope, Pope Francis of Argentina (formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio), has made history as the first-ever non-European pope.