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

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

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

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

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

As Catholics, our arms will be wide open to the world. We will accompany the world. We will live in the world.

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

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 ...

One attendee said the Trump administration's actions "put a real obligation on us to say: ‘No, our safety does not require, ...