Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

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 ...

Leo offered a novelty by singing the Regina Coeli, a Latin prayer said during the Easter season which recent popes usually ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ...

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

Leo is a member of the Order of St. Augustine, the only Augustinian in this conclave. The order, founded in 1244 under Pope ...

John Prevost described his brother as being very concerned for the poor and those who don’t have a voice. He said he expects ...

(RNS) — The Holy Spirit surprised us Thursday (May 8) by electing Robert Prevost, an Illinois native who is also a citizen of ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced.

For some spiritually curious women, a 'mother’s blessing' ceremony offers a sacred approach to pregnancy and birth, but the ...