When Catholics heard on May 8 the new pope had chosen the name Leo XIV, the thoughts of many turned immediately to Leo XIII, the last pope to bear the name.

For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.

(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

Pope Francis, as well as all the pontiffs who preceded him since 1939, defended migrants and immigration. What stance will ...

During Eastertime – the current liturgical season, spanning 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost – the prayer is ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

The body of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for about ... Even Francis’s predecessor Benedict XVI was buried in three coffins of cypress, lead, and elm loaded with sacks of papal coins for ...