Father Jovita Okoli said he refuses to surrender to speculation about who will become pope, even as candidates from his ...

As news spread the conclave selected a new pope, students, faculty and staff came to a halt at the University of Dallas, a ...

Prevost, 69, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and led the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops ...

Catholics and church leaders in North Texas are celebrating the announcement of the first-ever American pope, Leo XIV. Both ...

The highly secretive process of picking a new pope began on Wednesday behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel in ...

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, painted a picture of the Catholic Church he would like to see, ...

This is a moment of hope and renewal for the church," Burns said as faith leaders celebrated the election of the first-ever U.S.-born pope.

The papacy of Pope Leo XIV is just starting but some Catholics expect him to take on an issue that has plagued the Catholic Church for decades.

Some of the most frequently used papal names have been John (23), Gregory (16), Benedict (16), Clement (14), Innocent (13), Leo (13) and Pius (12), according to Vanessa Corcoran, an advising dean and ...