Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

In an interview with EWTN News Vice President Matthew Bunson, Cardinal William Goh said the Holy Father is the “right person” to lead the Church toward synodality.

Here are some of the cardinals who will choose the next leader of the Catholic Church. The cardinals serving in the Roman Curia have some of the most visibility and the most influence in the ...

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

Pope Benedict XVI had appointed about 56 percent of the cardinals that chose his successor in the 2013 conclave. The Catholic Church is not organized in clear factions, and open campaigning is ...

Since Francis’ death last month, survivors of sexual abuse and those who monitor the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of abuse cases have also arrived, hoping to persuade cardinals to make the ...

He called on the Catholic Church to step up and respond to these ... Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is the first American to be elected pope. A former missionary and ...

American Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV after being elected as the 267th pontiff of the Holy Catholic Church. College of Cardinals elected the 267th pope on Thursday The ...

When the 133 cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel Wednesday (May 7) to select the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, the influence of Pope Francis will be inside with them — not ...

But like the other African cardinals he is a conservative and hit international prominence with his opposition to blessings of same sex unions. Could the Catholic church deal with a dose of ...