The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Before his election, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost spoke clearly on synodality, Church unity, sexual morality, and the ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know so far.

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In an interview with the USA TODAY Network, one ...

As cardinals gather to elect Pope Francis’ successor, they are facing debates over whether the church most needs change or ...

Fox News Digital spoke with everyday Catholics to get their expectations for the next pope and their reflections on Pope ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

Pope Leo XIV has already made history, as the first-ever American-born pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. But how might ... of his stances on certain issues. At a 2023 Vatican news conference ...

lesbian and transgender people feel more welcome in the Catholic church and advised Francis on the issue. He says Francis himself changed the church, but so did the many LGBTQ Catholics who have ...