Catholics in metro Detroit are praising the first American to be pope, who once lived in Michigan, saying he will continue ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

At least two Catholic Church officials in the Philippines on Friday hailed the election of Pope Leo XIV, with one of them ...

The Catholic Church made history Thursday with the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. The moment carried ...

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

As the world watched the white smoke rise over Vatican City, signaling the announcement of a new pope, Catholic communities ...

A brief papal conclave ended on Thursday, May 8 after Robert Prevost (known as Pope Leo XIV) made history as the first ...

First American pontiff takes Catholic Church helm amid increasing global turmoil - The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen ...

Catholics across Minnesota reacted with surprise and excitement after Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, was ...

Prevost, a member of the Augustinian religious order, lived for years in Peru first as a missionary and then as an archbishop ...