Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

Vatican City — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

Catholic missions in places like Ōtaki, Whanganui, and Hokianga became cultural and spiritual hubs for generations of Māori.

The cardinals had returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St.

was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the ...

Francis, history's first Latin American pope ... one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. Earlier this year, Francis elevated Prevost into the senior ranks of cardinals, giving ...