A new pope is expected to be elected by the College of Cardinals during a secret conclave beginning May 7 at the Vatican. Upon election, the new pontiff will choose a regnal name — a centuries-old ...

VENICE – Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Venice, asked that members of the Diocese join him in prayer for Pope Leo XIV – referred to as the Successor of St. Peter – as the ...

Catholics across the world watched the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, waiting for the conclave to elect a new pope. Father Richard Kunst of St. James Parish in Duluth was one of many at the ...

But it was a simple phrase, spoken on a balcony in the Vatican by the first American pope, that has turned Chiclayo into a sensation. "A greeting to everyone, and in particular to my beloved Diocese ...

(The Center Square) - The selection of Pope Leo XIV is “a great day for the world,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Thursday afternoon, a few hours after the College of Cardinals burned ...

Southland Catholics and elected leaders Thursday hailed the selection of Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope, becoming the first American to ever hold the position. Prevost ...

“It’s built on the teachings of Saint Augustine specifically, and since our roots in the Diocese of Saint Augustine are built on that great patron, then I look forward to the ways that he will reflect ...

As American-born Pope Leo XIV began his first full day as leader of the Roman Catholic Church on May 9, leaders of the Catholic community in Palm Beach County reacted with a mix of surprise over his ...

Bishop Mark Bartchak of the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese addresses local media at the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown Pastoral Center on Thursday about the selection of Pope Leo XIV. Mirror photo by Patrick ...

SALISBURY, MD -- On Thursday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV was selected as the first American Pope to lead the Catholic Church. Catholics of all ages in Salisbury celebrated the news. Students at the St.

BOSTON (SHNS) – American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history Thursday. Prevost, who grew up in the south Chicago suburbs and steadily rose through the ranks of the Catholic Church on ...