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

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

Survivor groups call election 'an insult', cite past inaction and failed oversight; Vatican maintains no wrongdoing.

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

World leaders yesterday greeted Pope Leo XIV on his election as the 267th Pontiff. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, United States ...

It is the quickest papal election in a century, beating the conclave of 2005, when Joseph Ratzinger claimed the title in less ...

This decision provoked an uproar in the Catholic Church ... nor conceal the abuses committed by the clergy and, especially, their cover-up by the hierarchy. Indeed, whenever we have tried to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is holding a news conference Thursday to speak on the historic election of an American ...

Still, there are always front-runners, known as "papabile," who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to ...

While elements of the Roman Catholic Church may go in different directions, there is a long history of close association ...

Shinkoskey: Often, instead of making advances, the church lurches backward to old ways without fixing the more obvious issues ...