VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American ...

The Roman Catholic cardinals used their ecclesiastical ballots to elect an American to be the new pope (“A first: Pope from U ...

As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was ...

For cardinals who came from such different parts of the world, it was a feat but also an act of unity to elect someone in less than 24 hours, Cardinal Wilton Gregory told the press. "I think we did ...

Calif., said Friday that she hopes the newly elected Pope Leo XIV will be vocal about opposing mass deportation.

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) – After a day and a half of deliberating, the Catholic church has a new leader. In a history-making ...

The cardinals that gathered -- Daniel DiNardo, Timothy Dolan, Joseph Tobin, Blase Cupich, Wilton Gregory, Robert McElroy and Christophe Pierre -- agreed that all members of the clergy worked ...

Also, David Souter, the Republican-turned-liberal justice, died. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

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