Most of the U.S.-based cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected him said nationality was not a factor.

The news spread quickly May 8 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, festooned in papal gold ...

The seagulls perched on the Sistine Chapel rooftop undoubtedly saw the white smoke first. But it didn't take long for the ...

As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter's Square May 18. Although he was pope from the ...

The head of the Midwestern Augustinian province that Pope Leo XIV once led called the U.S.-born new pope's election a "moment ...

Men holding a U.S. flag cheer as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the ...

On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo ...

Looking at the challenges that the church in the United States is facing, "I hope to be able to respond to them with healthy ...

The Catholic Church's "missionary outreach is most desperately needed," Pope Leo XIV said in his first homily as leader of ...

CRS president and CEO Sean Callahan said the agency was "overjoyed by the election of Pope Leo XIV" and looks forward to his ...

(OSV News) — Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the ...