Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Pope Francis opened the door to the LGBTQ faithful, and they are hoping the new pontiff continues to move the Catholic Church toward acceptance.

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

The specifics of the church's finances have always been shrouded in secrecy, even from the pope himself, and tradition is ...

He wants to continue Francis’ effort to fling open the doors ... labor movement in Poland when he made his first visit as pope to his home country. Millions of people went to hear him speak ...

The meeting appeared part of an effort to reset relations with the Vatican after Pope Francis repeatedly criticized President ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his ...