More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for the removal of Cologne Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki.

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were ...

Pope Leo XIV met Thursday with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory panel for the first time amid questions ...

"The desire to work together for a common purpose reflects an essential reality: no one is Christian alone. We are part of a ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

Christians must not attempt to live out the promises of Christ alone, Leo told a delegation in Rome for the Jubilee of ...

Although no major curial appointments or announcements have been made, one person who had a chance to know then-Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV formally assumed his role as the first American-born leader of the global Catholic Church with a Mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome drawing tens of thousands of people, including dozens ...

A two-day conclave has come to an end with the election of Pope Leo XIV, successor to Pope Francis and the first American ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S. politics and his papal duties.