Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

In a statement provided to OSV News, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington said that it was "providing limited and ...

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...

Omokri also questioned the credibility of oft-cited historical claims of African Popes—such as Pope Victor I, Miltiades, and ...

While an African pope would be a historically stunning development, just one of the drawbacks is that no African cardinal holds a major office in the Vatican.

The region that encompasses the Middle East and North Africa is home to only around ... which I suppose conservatives in the Catholic Church weren’t happy about.” For Catholics in the region ...

This paradigm shift reflects the profound transformation within the Catholic Church ... cardinals from Eastern Churches who serve outside the Middle East and North Africa.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on May 8 by cardinals in a conclave at the Vatican, which wrapped up in less than ...

Sister Ngalula, a Congolese thelogian, says more women should lead the Catholic Church ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...