White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on Thursday, May 8, signifying that the College of Cardinals ...

Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church, is the ...

King Charles III has congratulated newly elected Pope Leo XIV in a private message. The British monarch expressed his "most ...

Despite some initial celebration over the fact that the Pope was American, the Trump fans quickly branded Leo a “Woke Marxist ...

As graduation season arrives each year, the Pioneer features one graduate from each college and high school in the coverage area. Christian Ministry major MJ Johnson is this year's featured graduate ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

As cardinals work to select a new pope, Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill highlights various ways new religious ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — who holds nationality in both the United States and Peru — emerged Thursday as Pope Leo XIV ...

Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...

A Nigerian Catholic priest shared a throwback photo of the new Pope Leo XIV during his visit to Nigeria. He opened up on why ...

In the '70s, the excess and exploitation of disco’s heyday nearly killed Donna Summer. Then when she became a born-again ...

The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass ...