I haven’t encountered any American who didn’t experience one of those sentiments upon learning a U.S. citizen became the next pope.

We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...

Pope Francis put the Catholic Church on the side of the environmental movement by embracing science and our responsibility ...

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

Regarding the article “Western Pa. Catholics anticipate papal conclave to usher in new era” (May 8, TribLive): It was not Pope Francis who “opened the way” for women and girls to serve as readers and ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

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

I, among many Catholics, were surprised once again by the papal conclave election of Pope Leo XIV. I honestly was expecting ...

Thousands of workers will benefit from Pope Leo’s monetary gift including those who work in the Vatican’s bookstore, clothing ...

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...