If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Surprise, hope, excitement and pride were reflected in many of the initial reactions to Cardinal Robert Prevost on May 8 ...

Pope Leo XIV will begin his first full day as the new pontiff of the Catholic Church by celebrating Mass on Friday at the ...

After the first Latin American Pope, will the Roman Catholic Church get its first Asian Pope? Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is one of the favourites to succeed Francis. The 67-year-old is one of the you ...

Jan was born January 4, 1952 to Stanley and Anne (Cazin) Wolanin in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a B.S. in Secondary Education (1973, Biology major, English minor) at the University of Dayton and ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

“Francis redirected the church from a focus on doctrine to a real concern for pastoral and spiritual ministry,” said Vincent Miller, professor of theology at the University of Dayton, Ohio. Bishop ...

CEDARVILLE — With diplomas in hand and futures on the horizon, 905 graduates crossed the stage at Cedarville University’s ...

within the highest hierarchy of the church. On December 8 ... from the International Marian Research Institute of Dayton (Ohio), he was ordained a priest in 1996. In 2008, he joined the Vatican ...