Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Agnetha Ní Máelshechlainn was a clever political negotiator who defended her monastery from expropriation during the English ...

As leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, and the best known and most important religious leader on the planet, the new Pope now ...

Almost everything on display at the National Gallery has been moved — and paintings never previously seen brought out — in ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St.

The election of Pope Leone XIV on May 8, 2025, was swift and decisive, with the white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney just minutes after 6 PM. This mirrors the relatively quick ...

In 2014, Pope François appointed Prevost as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, a role that underscored his ability to manage complex diocesan challenges. His tenure in ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...