Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

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

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

The new pope has made clear — in his remarks and his choice of a motto — that unity within the global church will be a ...

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

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

Meet Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history. Learn why Black Catholics have hope for his papacy.

Pope Leo XIV received world number one tennis player Jannik Sinner at the Vatican on Wednesday but they stopped short of ...

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.

According to the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, there are an estimated 1.3 million members of the Catholic church in Dallas. The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth has grown from 60,000 Catholics in 1969 ...

At Mary Immaculate School in Farmers Branch, students held a "mock conclave," complete with young cardinals and a new pope.

The election of Leo, the Catholic Church's first American pope, is drawing a mixed response from groups often at odds with ...