The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

ROME– The head of the Dominican Order on Monday, May 12, welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV, citing the outcome of last ...

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:09 p.m. Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the College of ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing as pontiff, calling for unity in a polarized church and appealing to the ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez presided at a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate the ...

indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was elected or not, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Credit: AP/Bernat Armangue Mozambique President Daniel Chapo said it was “with joy and jubilation ...

With heavy hearts and profound gratitude, we commend to our loving and one true God the soul of Pope Francis, the good and faithful “Servant of Servants” who guided our Universal Church and ...

Kicanas came out of retirement to serve as apostolic administrator for the Diocese of Tucson after Pope Francis reassigned Edward J. Weisenburger to serve as archbishop of Detroit earlier this year.

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last month at the age of 88 set off grief and mourning around the world ...

The tomb of Pope Paul VI lies in the extensive system of vaults called the Vatican Grottoes, built under St. Peter's Basilica in the 1500s. No surprise, then, that Francis’s arrangements for his ...

Robert Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, led his first Mass at the Sistine Chapel. He is the first American pope in ...

Pope Leo XIV reemerged in his papal robes at 7:23 p.m., waving to the thousands of people in the crowd gathered below, before speaking. Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at age 88, was laid to ...