“Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. said the pontiff, who was elected to the position in May, is related to ...

Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse, and called for 'transparent ...

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome. The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo ...

Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page ...

Al Pacino met Pope Leo XIV on Monday, June 16. "He was very excited and very happy to meet the Pope," film producer Andrea ...

Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

The name a new pope chooses will "indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope," said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University ...

On Sunday, April 6, Pope Francis appeared in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to the surprise of the more than 20,000 faithful who were following the Sunday Mass in the capital of Catholicism.