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

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

The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public ...

Americans gather in St. Peter’s Square on May 8, 2025, to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. \| Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA. America ...

"This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States," writes Christopher Hale.

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

Black smoke from Vatican chimney signals Cardinals have not chosen new pope - Some 133 Cardinals began their secretive ...

Whereupon another cardinal, played by the towering John Lithgow, whacks the ring with a ceremonial hammer, splits it in two and solemnly declares ... of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (who ...

Carlo went on pilgrimage to see John Paul II, offered up his suffering from cancer for Benedict XVI, and was later ... to go straight to heaven.” Pope Francis declared Carlo Acutis’ heroic ...

In Assisi in 2013, Pope Francis explained why he adopted “Il Poverello” (the little poor man) as his patron. First came St Francis’s focus on Christ ... Benedict XVI, chose his name in ...

Pope Francis, who was elected to succeed Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, passed away on Easter ... a Vatican expert has declared the identity of the next Pope to be “totally unpredictable”.

“The next pope ... Christ as universal Redeemer, he was clear that there is no other name but Jesus’ by which human beings are saved. Speaking to youth in Umbria in 2013, he declared ...