Assessing the impact of the Catholic Church's first American Pope was front and center at the 106th annual meeting of the ...

Sister Thea, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, was nationally known as a dynamic evangelist before she died of ...

Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church's first ever American leader, appears to signal a more inclusive leadership style than his ...

Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope Leo XIV — who spent much of his adult life working in Peru — is expected to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who ...

During his first extraordinary consistory on Jan. 7-8, a rare meeting that summons cardinals from around the world to Rome, ...

Strong departments of justice and finance are essential if the Vatican is going to operate effectively and efficiently ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke celebrates an old Latin Mass for pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday. VATICAN CITY — A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on ...