Muslims in the pontiff's native city want to see Francis’ social justice approach to Christian-Muslim relations continue.

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

“The Young Pope” paints him to be politically ... who takes the papal name Pope John Paul III, would be as much of a rarity as Lenny Belardo, since there hasn’t been a British pope since ...

John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days ... “I’m praying to the Holy Spirit for a young pope who would stay with us for a long time,” she said. “I don’t believe in conclave ...

“As a young man, I tried to see life through a Catholic lens,” he recalls. “In my mid-20s, I became more fascinated with Catholicism and Pope John Paul II. He had a profound impact on my lif ...

Attila Kisbenedek/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Like Pope John Paul II of Poland ... in the religious order that he joined as a young man. Childhood Home: The Chicago suburb where ...