VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

Irish Loreto Sr. Patricia Murray, the executive secretary of the Rome-based International Union of Superiors General, or UISG ...

The sanctuary is run by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine and “houses an ancient image of the Virgin, dear to the ...

Whereas his predecessors delivered the greeting from the studio window of the Apostolic Palace, off to the side of the piazza ...

"I send a special greeting to all mothers with a prayer for them and for those who are already in heaven," he said. "Happy ...

The Thursday, May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff is a defining moment ...

The Thursday, May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Pontiff on the second day of the 2025 Conclave ...

Roman Catholics and Christians from across Cumbria have welcomed the election of a new pope in Rome. Pope Leo XIV, the first American head of the Catholic Church, emerged on to the balcony of St Peter ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church, taking the name ...

Nicknamed the "millennial cardinal" by the press, the Ukrainian is the youngest cardinal to participate in the conclave. He is the youngest cardinal in the conclave and was one of the last to take the ...