Pope Leo XIV met with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which is made up of religious and lay experts ...

"The desire to work together for a common purpose reflects an essential reality: no one is Christian alone. We are part of a ...

More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for the removal of Cologne Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki.

Members also informed Pope Leo about the commission’s annual report, “a cornerstone of its mandate” that is “designed to ...

A two-day conclave has come to an end with the election of Pope Leo XIV, successor to Pope Francis and the first American ...

In a church and a world divided and fractured, priests are called to be witnesses of God's love and forgiveness, which ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union is hearing a case about whether the Church’s refusal to erase names from baptismal ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, won the secretive conc ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...