Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the church's "missionary outreach ...

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

Bishop Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, celebrated Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in ...

Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

On what was Good Shepherd Sunday, Father Farrell, turning to Cardinal Krajewski, told the poor gathered in the chapel: "Our ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Image Courtesy of Patrick D. Lewis By Anthony Curioso and Patrick D. Lewis Upon the May 8 announcement that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Cardinal Prevost OSA as Pope in the 2025 papal ...

Robert Prevost, a tennis-loving, Wordle-playing White Sox fan from Chicago, is now leader of the world's nearly 1.5 billion Catholics. Vatican observers describe what the election of Leo XIV, the ...

Pope Leo XIV led the Regina caeli prayer — often spoken during the time between Easter Sunday and Pentecost — in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11. The pontiff, who was elected on May 8 after a ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to work urgently to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pope Friday, a day ...