There were seagulls loitering by the tin chimney at the Vatican as it billowed white smoke heralding the election of Pope Leo XIV the first all-American pope, evocative of land ahoy that seagulls used ...

Come and join the Augustinians! Be a friar, just like Pope Leo XIV.” The invitation, posted recently on the Facebook page of ...

"It's not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I'm Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse ...

Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

Since returning from the wedding ceremony he attended in Katsina State, the President seems to have developed a renewed affection for northern caps.These caps, popularly called Zanna Bukar, now ...

In the frenzied days leading up to the papal conclave following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, speculation was rampant: ...

The world watched as white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the swift election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Catholics around the world are continuing to celebrate the selection of a new leader of the church, including students at ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Dolan spoke about the new Pope to CNN's Erin Burnett. “Exhausting. That’s a good sense,” he said of how he was feeling.

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...