Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a ...

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, painted a picture of the Catholic Church he would like to see, ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

R obert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, made history on Thursday, May 8, when he was elected as the first ...

On Sunday, he will deliver his first noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s and, on Monday, is to attend an audience ...

Boston Archbishop Richard Henning celebrated a mass in Braintree on Tuesday, to ask the Holy Spirit to guide the Cardinals as ...