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

Before he died, Pope Francis gave away the last of his personal savings to a cause he deeply cared about: bringing hope to ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

They said there will never be an American pope," the Rev. Michael Alello, of St. Aloysius Catholic Church said on social ...

Catholics young and old watched in anticipation today after the white smoke appeared, waiting to see who was chosen as the ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church while congratulatory messages poured in for ...

Top-ranking Filipino government officials on Friday joined billions of Catholics worldwide in a prayer of gratitude and ...

Robert Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, is leading his first Mass. The former Augustinian leader is the first ...