A leading U.S. Catholic voice for immigrant rights and an outspoken proponent of other progressive-leaning causes will become the new archbishop in the nation's capital as tensions are likely to rise ...

WASHINGTON -- One young boy in Washington, D.C. received the thrill of a lifetime Thursday morning when he got up close and personal with Pope Francis. It happened as the pope greeted well-wishers ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo of the Vatican has already stirred controversy. At the annual ‘Lunch for the Poor’ held on ...

A group of 48 transgender women attended a major Vatican event on Sunday with Pope Leo XIV, continuing a tradition that began ...

This move is part of the Catholic Church’s effort to address its role in suppressing Indigenous culture in the Americas.

Pope Francis headed for Washington on Tuesday for the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his church of the poor to the world s wealthiest superpower and a country polarized over ...

During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he boarded the Alitalia charter bound for Brazil, since popes never carry bags and ...