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.

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely ...

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Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV -- elected May 8 -- attention quickly turned to the first moments of his pontificate. The first weeks of a papacy often give ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

The treatise was written by Benedict while he was still a cardinal under Pope John Paul II. John Paul endorsed ... found that there were approximately 11.3 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Mass as pope Friday, May 9, for the College of Cardinals at 11 a.m. local time ... After Pope John Paul II was elected on Oct. 16, 1978, he celebrated ...

With the passing of Pope John Paul II in 2005 ... Ghana’s Peter Turkson, the initial favorite at 11-4, ultimately saw the throne of St. Peter go to a 33-1 longshot, Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

There have been just seven papal elections in the last 100 years, with more than a quarter-century passing between the election of Pope John Paul II in October 1978 and that of his successor ...

Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani ... which will be the fourth ballot. At around 11:45 a.m. EST, if someone is elected, they will burn ballots and add chemicals to make white smoke.