A Southern Illinois University professor said he believes the new pontiff will carry on the mission of Pope Francis.

"For many years, he used to come and go," the Rev. Thomas Vathappallil of St. Rita's in Racine County said about Pope Leo Friday.

A group of 53 Catholics from various parishes across Northwest Ohio, including St. John XXII in Perrysburg, planned a trip to Rome roughly a year ago. Little did they know then, it would be during the ...

"The other countries in the world can suck it. Because the Pope's American!" Bill Maher says on HBO's "Real Time" ...

In a new interview, John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV's brother, revealed what he plans to refer to his brother by now that he is the new pope.

Students in Oklahoma Catholic schools experienced an unforgettable week as they celebrated the election of the first American ...

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates ...

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.

Thousands of people put up their screens to see the 2024 movie "Conclave" in the days leading up to the actual papal election ...

Those who met Pope Leo XIV before his papal appointment are still processing the news of his elevation to the Catholic Church's highest office on Thursday.

Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting ...

Pope Leo XIV, the 267th leader of the global Catholic Church and the first US pontiff, will face a number of major challenges ...