Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

John is the most popular with 23 popes taking this name. The name Gregory has been used by 16 popes and the name Benedict has ...

Like so many of us, in and out of the Catholic faith, I never thought I’d see an American pope. Robert Cardinal Prevost. A ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...

Ultraconservatives are trying to take the Catholic Church backwards ... In this age of social media, a coordinated popular movement to declare Francis a saint could make it difficult for his ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...

Staff of EWTN News (Eternal Word Television Network) a U.S.-based media bringing news to Catholics worldwide, work at their ...

Early morning in Galpalliya is a quiet time, yet the air vibrates with sounds of chiselling, and chirping young voices drifting from a small hut behind the Holy Cross Church. Sunlight spills through ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American-born pope, said his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his ...