KOCHI: When Dominique Mamberti, the Cardinal Protodeacon, announced the name of the new pontiff from the balcony of St ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

The Bishop of Alexandria said he was shocked and surprised when the Catholic Church announced a new pope, who was born and raised in the United States.

Local Catholics are happy and thankful for new Pope Leo XIV. The bishop led a special mass to give thanks and praise for the ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s ...

While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his ...