Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

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Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Dear George: Praise God for Pope Leo XIV, Papa León! He [visited us several years ago.] There is a sense of renewed hope. May ...

Pope Leo XIV has broken the seal on the papal apartments, marking one of his first major symbolic moments as pontiff ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

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Local Catholic leaders and theologians explain how Pope Leo XIV may lead the Catholic Church. Megan Clarke has the story.

A papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected, was held, consisting of one hundred and thirty-three (133) members of ...

The queer Catholics hope that Pope Leo XIV’s ministry does not witness the absence of ecclesiastical embrace, of the kind they had grown to be used under Pope Francis’ pontificate ...