Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with ...

While Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno doesn't plan to join protests, he said he will be supporting peaceful activists' call for action on the ‘ecological debt’ crisis.

The Bloomington priest never thought he'd wind up back in his hometown. Hennessy retired in 2013 after a decade as pastor at ...

Roman Anthony, the No. 1 prospect in Major League Baseball, made his highly-anticipated debut on Monday night at Fenway Park.

Pope Leo plans to give a virtual address in his hometown of Chicago – at the same time as Trump’s military parade - Tickets ...

Catholics in my prison mourned the death of a pope who advocated for them. But they are hopeful the next pope will consider them, too.

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new role on the Throne of Peter, early indications are that he will respect and maintain the ...

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and ...

At one month since his election to the papacy May 8, Pope Leo XIV has so far demonstrated a continuity with his predecessor, ...