Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf ...

The newly named Pope Leo XIV has previously condemned abortion and called for gun control.

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Casey Means, a prominent nutrition advocate in the Make America Healthy Again movement, has been described as insufficiently ...

That role has been entirely ceremonial for decades, with the king’s majestic title considered a relic of a bygone era.

As Pope Leo XIV makes history as the first American-born pontiff, many are wondering what this means for the future of the Catholic Church and the political relationships with the United States.

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

America’s commitment to helping stabilize the Horn of Africa might have been taken for granted a few months ago. Not anymore.

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...

The legislation is unlikely to move far in the Senate, where it would take 60 votes to advance. Republicans control the ...