The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

The Republican described the president as "an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption, and shame" in a social media post.

In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis, to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to the faithful, ...