It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

The Egyptians treated them with reverence and adoration having, first domesticated them 4,000 years ago. Since then the small ...

Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western Church revival.

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the first African American cardinal and former Atlanta archbishop, shares his experience in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. Photos of military parade marking Army ...

In the first week of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great.

Benedict returned and managed to get his rival pope removed and then soon resigned. He got his godfather elected as Gregory VI, however Benedict later regretted this decision and caused enough ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, also a South Side native, spoke about their experience in the conclave and electing the first American pope, Leo XIV, who is from this city.

on Pope Leo, the first ever American Pope, being elected: Pope Leo, the first ever American Pope, began his ministry by laying before the world a vision of peace and explaining how humanity needs the ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the ...