Kansas City, Kan., archdiocese and St. Benedict’s Abbey address sex abuse claims involving priests, adding names to list of credibly accused Catholic clergy.

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

The choice of Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church was extra special for Catholics in the United States since Pope Leo XIV is the first-ever U.S.-born pope.

For starters, he is not only the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church but “sovereign of the State of Vatican City.” In terms of religious titles, some accentuate the pope’s authority.

Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 421 Covington St., Youngstown, OH 44510, with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11 a.m. and interment in Calvary Cemetery.

While John Paul II was a star in every sense, the focus in Vatican City during the interregnum, the period between popes, was more on the Roman Catholic Church — its past, present and future ...

Jim and Jeanne Mulligan headed to the Cathedral of St. Paul on Monday morning after they heard the news that Pope Francis had died. The couple, who are from Grand Forks, N.D., and were in St. Paul ...

As an admirer of Benedict and a critic of Francis, I bitterly regretted that decision; as an observer of the larger pattern of recent history, I wondered if in setting down his burden prematurely ...

Francis brought the Catholic Church's dialogue with Islam to new heights in 2019 by becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula, but conservatives attacked him as a "heretic" for ...

“I became interested in the Bible, the Church, and the Christian faith,” he said. Salesian Father Paul Leung, the parish priest of St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital, ...

Authorities said Carasala, 57, a native of India, was shot and killed on Thursday, April 3, outside the rectory of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, where he had served as a priest since ...