VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United ...

As an immigrant temporary professed Trinitarian friar in Maryland, I think often about the historical complexity of the Catholic Church in the United States; specifically, I'm curious about how the ...

Black Catholic History Month celebrates the African American leaders in Catholicism. Catholic leaders emphasize year-round ...

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big Easy. All four ...

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost who will now be known by his papal name, Pope Leo XIV. Shortly after white smoke was seen billowing over the ...

(RNS) — Two years ago, Pope Francis denounced what he called “a very strong, organized, reactionary attitude” within the American Catholic church. To his successor, and anyone who wants to understand ...

Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

ope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...