(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

Over the course of a day and a half, the more than 130 members of the College of Cardinals had come to a decision on who ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

Despite the foundation's assertion that TM's form of mantra meditation is non-religious, the Sanskrit invocations of Hindu ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

For some spiritually curious women, a 'mother’s blessing' ceremony offers a sacred approach to pregnancy and birth, but the ...

But Pope Leo can only vote if he is a U.S. citizen. Voting as a dual citizen is not uncommon — Pope Leo also holds ...

(RNS) — The Holy Spirit surprised us Thursday (May 8) by electing Robert Prevost, an Illinois native who is also a citizen of ...

Through the ministry of Peter, you have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed with that mission,' he told the ...