In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to needy people, and as the bishop who spearheaded the ...

Advocates for victims of sex abuse say there needs to be an accounting of how then-Cardinal Robert Prevost handled such cases ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He's been in positions of ...

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told Inside Edition about the emotional moment inside the secret conclave when the first U.S.-born pope in history was elected.

And yet, the conclave that concluded today in Rome has chosen the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church: ...

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

Further reading: How Pope Francis is looking at ways to feminize the Church Women were never granted as many roles within the Vatican hierarchy or diocesan leadership as during his papacy.

until recently the Vatican’s secretary of state. Parolin is considered a possible contender to be the next pope due to his prominence in the Catholic hierarchy. “The shepherd whom the Lord ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... is reserved for celebrants and Catholic hierarchy, while world leaders and royalty will be seated on the right. Many ran toward the square as barricades opened.