VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost before he was elected the first American pope earlier this ...

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed St. John Henry Newman, the influential 19th-century Anglican convert, with the honor of "Doctor of ...

A Vatican opinion released shortly before Pope Francis died advises against public church listings of clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of sexual abuse — which virtually every ...

The news was announced by the Vatican shortly after Pope Leo's July 31 audience with the prefect of the Dicastery for the ...

The communications skills of the carefully-scripted pope will be tested this weekend when half a million young people from ...

St. John Henry Newman’s teachings on the development of theology and the centrality of conscience have deeply influenced the ...

One new American archbishop says having a pope from Chicago is something to think about, since “Catholicism in Chicago has ...

Pope Leo XIV mourned those killed in the violent attack on a Catholic Church in the Congo on Sunday by ISIS-backed rebels.

Pope Leo XIV renewed his call for a ceasefire on Thursday after an apparent Israeli strike hit Gaza's only Catholic church, ...

Pope Leo XIV has surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics by showing up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony ...

Although I have just begun to review the information submitted, it seems clear that Kendrick was an exceptional young man,” ...