Little Rock, AR, USA mdash; The question isn rsquo;t whether the world is ready for a pontiff with African-American ancestry ...

The Italian Peninsula includes modern-day Italy as well as historical empires, kingdoms and republics; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Pope Leo XIV was named on Thursday as the first pontiff from the ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses ... general direction of the Roman Catholic Church. With millions of dollars on the line, modern markets should estimate probabilities ...

The choice of this name 'Leo' could be widely interpreted as a nod to the historical strength of the papacy under previous ...

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

America is a generous nation—and the pullback in government spending could be an opportunity to reshape its charitable sector ...

In a historic moment, American Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first U.S. pontiff on May 8.

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The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give lifesaving blood or platelets in the new year to help keep ...

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

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

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson was the first Ghanaian to be made a cardinal, back in 2003 under Pope John Paul II, and was made ...