In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

With the newly elected pope becoming the first from the United States, today was the first Sunday service of his tenure.

We pray for the Pope. We pray that he'll be a great pastor and a great beacon of hope and light to the world,” said Father Tim Holeda of Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More.

The leader of the Vatican signals a stronger desire and commitment to return the church to its roots of social teaching, ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing on May 11 as the new Head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City. Video by Dominic Nalpon via Storyful ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

The Vanderbilt Divinity School professor said the papal name connects to a predecessor who championed workers' rights and peace initiatives.

A joyous glow filled the inside of Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, marking the first Sunday with a new Holy Father.