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

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...

Angel Ramos was arrested in Queens for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, facing rape and other charges.

Live’s Colin Jost literally dropped his jaw at a taboo Michael Che joke about President Donald Trump's AI transformation into Pope Trump.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

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Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.

Like Pope Leo XIV, who turns out to be a regular South Sider who follows the White Sox, the Dolton house where he grew up is ...

This nation is built on layers and layers of immigrants from around the world, people seeking to raise their families in ...