Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the Catholic Church's "missionary ...

President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for ...

Archbishop Henning speaks to reporters after the election of Pope Leo XIV outside the Archdiocese of Boston's Pastoral Center ...

Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and spoke May 8, Pope Leo XIV's choice of a name was a ...

On the second day of the conclave, after white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, Americans in Rome reacted with shock, delight and questions at the real ...

Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel May 9, 2025. I begin with a word in English, and the rest is in ...

The head of the Midwestern Augustinian province that Pope Leo XIV once led called the new pope's election "moment of profound significance -- not only as the first pope from the United States, but ...

The following are key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St. Peter. -- 1955: Born Sept. 14 in the Chicago area. -- 1977: Gra ...

On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo XIV. In his first public address from the centr ...

The following is the full text of the "urbi et orbi" blessing given by Pope Leo XIV after his election May 8, 2025.  Beloved brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 am Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the cardinals ...