The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass.

The new pontiff, who was chosen as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), has travelled extensively in Asia where ...

If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

When white smoke rose out of the Vatican on Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as ...

As Pope Leo XIV begins his papacy, Catholics worldwide will be looking to him for guidance on important issues like ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

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The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, provided a real-time teaching moment for Catholic ...

As Pope Leo begins his new leadership role, he faces some criticism about past ministry. The leader of a group representing ...

White smoke started billowing from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel in Rome shortly after 18:00 local time (17:00 BST) on ...