Notre Dame Provost John McGreevy said he expects some tension between the Vatican and the White House over immigration and ...

New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call: ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

And yet, the conclave that concluded today in Rome has chosen the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church: ...

The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

"This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States," writes Christopher Hale.