Pope Leo XIV met with thousands of journalists in Rome on Monday, thanking them in Italian for their work covering the papal election.

The former neighbors of the newly elected pontiff describe him as an intelligent person ‘with a sense of humor and great ...

Criminal justice reform has long been one of the most divisive issues between Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly and the Republican minority.

U.S. and Chinese officials said they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in ...

For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.

When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV--an American--it was met with mixed emotions ...

Seeking solace in a turbulent world, Jennie Brennan and Jacob Peter have found an unlikely source of wellbeing: quietly ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the College of Cardinals had come to a decision on who ...

The St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville holds first Sunday Mass after new Pope is selected The St. Joseph Catholic ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.