The Church honors Jeanne d’Arc as a virgin martyr and national patroness, whose courage, purity and fortitude continue to ...

Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, has led some two dozen public events since he was elected as the first U.S. pope on ...

Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting ... said the Rev. David Jones, a priest at St. Benedict the African in Englewood. “There’s a sense of pride ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s hot-button issues remain unclear, he has signaled continuity with his ...

Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave vote last night.

At 7.14 p.m. Rome time, an hour after white smoke had issued ... He referenced his background in his initial address to those gathered in St. Peter’s Square: “I am a son of Saint Augustine ...

most recently Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. The conclave is not only about casting votes; it is a spiritual event, grounded in prayer and carried out with elaborate ceremony.

White smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel ... the 13th century order founded by St. Augustine. Francis clearly had an eye on him for years, moving him from the Augustinian leadership back ...