Vice President JD Vance spoke with Ross Douthat on his "Interesting Times" podcast after meeting with the new pope.

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

Popes -- they’re just like us? Not exactly, but you wouldn’t know that by the American fanfare surrounding the newly minted ...

In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the ...

was elected the new pope, Casper’s Catholic community gathered around televisions and other screens to watch the occasion. Prevost took the name Leo XIV and became the first American pope in the ...

Still, the very fact that the new Pope had a number in my contacts list is a testament to his accessibility and American-ness. For an American Catholic like me, that hint of shared culture is both ...

Trump spoke to reporters outside the West Wing, saying that for the new pope to be American, “What greater honor can there be?” “We’re a little bit surprised and we’re happy,” Trump added.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...

Medicaid spending is skyrocketing because blue states claim several dollars in federal aid for every dollar they spend on the ...