We can hope that the move does not undo one of the signature achievements of Pope Francis: He broke up the court atmosphere ...

Francis’ radical 12-year pontificate, which emphasized care for the poor and marginalized and disdain for the capitalist economic system, often alienated conservatives who begged for a new pope ...

The first American pope vowed during his May 18 installation Mass that he would work for unity ... It was a message of pacification after the sometimes turbulent pontificate of Pope Francis ...

It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

The Little Rock Diocese of the Catholic Church will have a special Mass of Thanksgiving for newly-elected Pope Francis, celebrating his installation Mass. The special mass, led by Bishop Anthony B ...

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

Leo was first appointed a bishop by Francis in 2015 and then chosen by the late pope to take up a senior Vatican role two years ago. He has frequently praised his predecessor in his first weeks.