The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church's central government through ...

Fitzgerald, who spent his career in real estate private equity, said American donors — especially the younger generation — ...

Pope Leo XIV met Thursday with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory panel for the first time amid questions ...

"The desire to work together for a common purpose reflects an essential reality: no one is Christian alone. We are part of a ...

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...

Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office of bishops.

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world on Thursday from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church — ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Update: American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen as the new pope and took the name Leo XIV — the first pope in history from the United States. Pope Francis' death on April 21, the day ...

Pope Francis had long urged the Catholic Church to “go to the peripheries,” meaning communities in Africa and Asia, where the church also is the most vibrant. One persistent question has been ...