First American pontiff takes Catholic Church helm amid increasing global turmoil - The 69-year-old was chosen to be the 267th ...

A Co Tipperary priest, who met the man today elected Pope Leo XIV on several previous occasions, has said the new pontiff ...

The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn't look ...

A group of Northeast Pennsylvania residents witnessed history. A group of 48 people from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties ...

He is a person that has a world view that is global and that’s really what the church needs,” said Father Kevin Storey, with ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

White smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel has signalled the election of a new Pope and, in a continued ...

He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023 and appointed head of the dicastery for bishops, a powerful position ...

Even former president Barack Obama congratulated the new pope as a “fellow Chicagoan.” He wrote: “This is a historic day for ...