By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But Europe remains the largest source of cardinals.

Many people throughout the world mourned the death of Pope Francis and looked expectantly upon the election of a new leader ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as Wednesday.

(RNS) — Pope Francis raised the consciousness of bishops, priests and laity around the issues of sexism and unjust discrimination against women in the Catholic Church. (RNS) — Pope Francis ...

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 ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...

Four students from Los Angeles-area Catholic high schools will visit the Vatican to participate in a memorial service for ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made it possible to advance a new church culture that respected the voice and ...

the Catholic Church is not known for welcoming change, and Francis faced resistance to his more progressive positions on social issues. Among the key questions in the vote for the next pope will ...