For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.

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

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

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At a time when American Catholics faced many restrictions, Washington went out of his way to make them feel included in the ...

When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV--an American--it was met with mixed emotions ...

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

The faithful gathered for Sunday Mass for the first time since Chicago native Robert Prevost was selected as the next pontiff. His election marks a meaningful new chapter for the church nationwide.

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Excitement rippled through New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday morning, the first since an American was picked ...

Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the College of Cardinals had come to a decision on who ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...