One of the many titles that Pope Leo XIV, 69, assumed when he was elected on May 8 was bishop of Rome. He has now formally ...

Pope Francis reformed the Pontifical Academy for Life by expanding its research horizons beyond traditional bioethical ...

Pope Francis donated a "popemobile," one of the vehicles he used for transportation, to a Catholic relief organization to ...

After Chicago native Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American elected pontiff, the Rev. Homero Sánchez sent him a quick text saying, “Congratulations Holy Pope.” The priest from St. Rita of ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, became the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013. Known for his ...

Reporter in Rome Seema Gupta spoke to Corin Dann. Audio ...

The drug is manufactured by the US firm Insmed and made possible after 15 years of research by scientists from the University ...

Following on the story of the new Pope, Vice President Raquel Peña will travel to Rome to attend the mass marking the beginning of his pontificate at St. Peter’s Square on 18 May 2025 at 10am. Vice ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago.

In his first formal audience, Leo repeatedly cited Francis and the Argentine pope's own 2013 mission statement, making clear a commitment to making the Catholic Church more inclusive, attentive to ...

The pope grew up in a Catholic enclave on Chicago’s South Side. That community is gone now. The pope grew up in a Catholic enclave on Chicago’s South Side. That community is gone now.