CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already ...

Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by birth but ask the people from Chiclayo, Peru, and the man is decidedly Peruvian.

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...

Before we met Pope Leo XIV, shows like "The New Pope" and "The Young Pope" mythologized the Vatican to the masses ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

As the red velvet curtains at the Vatican parted, a priest realized that his college pal from the South Side of Chicago that ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

Massachusetts and Boston Catholics are joining the faithful around the world in celebrating the election of the first ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but his powerful role ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

Robert Francis Prevost is the new Pope. The cardinal has been elected as the 267th Pontiff of the Catholic Church, succeeding ...