Pope Francis, who died this morning at the age of 88, may go down in history as the most quoted pontiff. His statements to the press will shape his legacy far more than his official teachings; in ...

From his first moments on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three important clues about what kind of leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church he will be. Leo, formerly U.S ...

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct the first name of Frederic Baumgartner. A cloaked and timeless figure with a regal authority spanning centuries, the pope is a global ...

RIP: A man hold pictures of late Pope Francis at the St Peter Basilica of the Vatican, in Rome on April 25, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said some 61,000 people had already paid their respects to ...

Cardinals from around the world line up in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel March 12, 2013, to take their oaths at the beginning of the conclave that would elect Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, died Monday. He was 88. The Vatican said Francis died of a cerebral stroke ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu ...

The Rev. James M. Egan Weiss is associate professor of theology and church history at Boston College. “Here comes everybody.” Thus did Irishman James Joyce describe the Catholic Church. That might ...

The First American Pope $2 Bill represents not just a piece of currency, but a significant milestone in both American and religious history. As the first pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV, ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - As Catholic cardinals meet to choose a new pope, they will face a big question: Is it time, after three consecutive non-Italian pontiffs, to give the papacy back to the nation ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is first US pope In first moments, new pope offers hints about his papacy Last Pope Leo, 1878-1903, was an advocate for worker's rights VATICAN CITY, May 8 ...

"When Pope Leo XIV emerged on St. Peter's balcony for the first time as pope, he offered three big important clues about what kind of papacy he might have. The first was the choice of name. The last ...