Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome. The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo ...

COMMENTARY: ‘Apostolicam Actuositatem’ manifests a profoundly renewed vision of the role of the laity in the Church’s saving ...

"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular ...

From June 11, 1915 A wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dahl on Saturday, when Merrell C. Wicks and Bernice Nelson were married with Rev. O. Dahle officiating. Miss Olga Wicks and ...

Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

A dual citizen of Peru and the U.S., he is also the second pope from the Americas, following Pope Francis. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he is the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pope ...

The meeting also took place after Leo on Friday said the church could act as a mediator in global conflicts, including, his second-in-command said, between Ukraine and Russia. Following the pope ...

The Issue: The election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the next pope of the Catholic Church. We now have an American pope in Robert Francis Prevost (“Chicago pope,” May 9).

Pope Francis cracked down on the traditional Mass, celebrated by Catholics around the world until the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. The Rev. Kingsley Ogbuji offers holy ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome ...

Pope Leo XVI will be formally installed as pontiff when he holds his inaugural public Mass at St. Peter's Square on May 18, the Vatican said. The first U.S.-born pope, formerly Cardinal Robert ...