The first figurines of Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006, are already on sale in the souvenir ...

Permanent deacons who minister in the Diocese of Rochester and elsewhere are celebrating milestone anniversaries of ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

As the mood for Catholics worldwide shifted to high excitement Thursday, the bells of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi reverberated across downtown Santa Fe in honor of Pope Leo XIV.

VATICAN CITY (AP) Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

Brother Leo was the 13th century friar who was a great companion to St. Francis of Assisi, the late pope’s namesake.

Pope Leo XIV ‘s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice that is very much in line with the late Pope Francis ‘ global ministry. “I think a lot us ...

After just one day of seclusion in the Vatican, the 2025 papal conclave ended with the election of American-born Cardinal ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago to become the next leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. He'll take the name Pope Leo XIV.