At 7:35 this morning the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father,” Farrell announced. Farrell is expected to lead the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, known as the ...

"JD Vance is wrong," the future-pope wrote on Feb. 3, echoing the title of the op-ed in the National Catholic Reporter.

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly the Chicago-born cardinal Robert Prevost, is said to be an even-keeled, pragmatic leader: “He knows ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke in Italian and then switched to Spanish, recalling his many years spent as a missionary and then archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru.

Pope Leo XIV—the American Robert Francis Prevost—was a close ally of Pope Francis. The two share many of the same views on ...

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

Who is voting for the next pope? Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Cardinal Joseph Tobin are among the US cardinals eligible.

While the tradition of holding a Blue Mass at St. Patrick’s began just over 30 years ago, Msgr. Criscuolo said the tradition ...

On May 6, 2025, first responders, law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, and their families gathered for the annual ...