The pontiff is viewed more favorably across party lines, although "consistent with the ideological differences in his ratings ...

Stories about "the first 100 days" are standard fare at the beginning of a U.S. president's four-year term; the articles ...

As Pope Leo XIV approaches the 100-day mark of his papacy on Saturday, Mississippi’s Catholics are largely ecstatic about the ...

Since his inauguration, Pope Leo XIV - who was elected back in May following the death of Pope Francis - has remained silent ...

Carlo Alberto Capella served prison time for a child pornography conviction but was allowed to return to work at the Vatican, ...

Pope Francis opened his first morning as pontiff by praying at Rome's main basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The coming days will be busy ones for Pope Francis.

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

Pope Francis endorsed gay civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for a feature-length documentary that made its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday.

Pope Francis meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro at Castro's resident in Havana, Sept. 20, 2015. The former president of Cuba is shown giving Francis a book about his thoughts on religion.

Pope Leo XIV arrived Sunday evening, welcomed by a large group of religious followers, and is expected to relax at the lakeside location until July 20 and return for a few days in August — if ...

The comment came earlier this month when Pope Francis was comforting a young boy whose dog had recently died, telling the boy not to worry because "paradise is open to all of God's creatures." 5.

Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to US residents broadly in a politically divided -- and ...