The new pope is just what the Catholic Church needs to unify the global church and elevate the profile of Black Catholics ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole roots. That is raising awareness about the complexity of the Creole ...

The name also conjured memories of one of the most distinctive of all papal canvases ... and acquisitive Saracen raiders from Spain, north Africa or Sicily (846-849). The first Pope Leo ...

Stephen Cardinal Brislin of the Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg in South Africa has shared his experience of the May 8 ...

As the cardinals began meeting in Rome after Pope Francis’ funeral, papal watchers scrutinized ... While electing an African pope would be a break from tradition, the continent’s Catholic ...

Nigeria, with the second largest Catholic population in Africa, is home to significant church influence. From rural churches in Ebonyi ... But the promise of Leo XIV’s papacy is not confined to words.

Funded by donations from its “Stewards of St. Peter,” the Papal Foundation supports humanitarian ... new pontiff’s election could positively influence donations not only to the foundation ...

Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo may ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with ...

WASHINGTON—Before becoming Pontiff, the first US-born Pope was not shy about criticizing President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance—social media musings that pulled him into the ...