VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Since the election of Pope Leo XIV, a growing number of cardinals have been offering unusual glimpses into the conclave ...

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

Peter Jones and a group of Loyola University Chicago educators traveled to Rome for an hour private meeting with Pope Francis. As the white ...

The US President's held two separate phone calls today, one with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the other with ...