WASHINGTON — One of Pope Francis' final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited the Vatican over the weekend. The meeting took place on Easter Sunday.

Second Lady Usha Vance, a self-confessed bookworm, took the spotlight Thursday to plug her White House–backed summer reading ...

As white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:08 p.m. May 8 in Vatican City, University of Iowa Catholic Studies ...

The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

Pope Leo XIV, as the first U.S.-born pope, may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in the U.S. and in the U.S. church, analysts told OSV News.

When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...

Pope Leo’s photo of him accepting a gift from a stranger is causing quite the stir. The newly elected Pope has been ever ...

As Pope Leo XIV has already discovered, it's nearly impossible for a pope to stay above politics. And there's already every ...

Even before the election of the first American pope, Roman Catholic influence on U.S. tech and AI policy seldom, if ever, had been as strong as it is today among ...

We live in a global society. The more international allies that America has, the more secure it is, and the safer the world ...

In Saint Peter’s Square, visitors from around the globe expressed optimism the new American pope will prove to be a positive ...

It may well be a coincidence, but many social media users have pointed out that Pope Leo XIV intends to hold a mass in Chicago on the same day as Donald Trump’s birthday and a military parade in ...