Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was kidnapped and killed in 2007 after he refused to allow rancid rice from Rwanda to be ...

Vevette Hill-Nwagbaraocha attends All Saints Catholic Church, also on the north side. She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, ...

The Vatican has beatified a Congolese government worker who was killed for resisting corruption, giving young people in a ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, ...

The new pope seems remarkably unflustered by his election, aware of the enormity of the change that has happened to him, but ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with cardinals since his May 8 election and offered a glimpse into his vision for the Church.

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S. politics and his papal duties.

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate than many outside the Vatican knew.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin was widely regarded as a frontrunner to become the next pope due to his deep experience in Vatican diplomacy and his role as Secretary of State under Pope Francis.