Can Pope Leo XIV remain a U.S. citizen while leading a foreign government? Here are things to know about the legally thorny ...

The conclave of May 7–8 has yet to reveal all its secrets. But two weeks after the election of Leo XIV, our reporters in Rome ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry ...

University of Dayton Associate Professor of Religious Studies and author of The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular ...

Eire suggested that one of the reasons Pope Leo was chosen is that he is not a “full-blown American.” Despite being born in ...

Arlene and I have been blessed to have had many “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences. But aside from marriage, baptism and ...

That the head of the Catholic Church is as American as baseball proves that ancient prejudices can be conquered and rifts between people can be mended.

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

As white smoke announced the election of a new pope last week, keepers at Rome zoo celebrated the hatching of a baby bird known colloquially as a 'Pope Vulture'.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.