A papal trip to Lebanon was long discussed under Pope Francis, but the country’s political and economic crises complicated planning.

He seems to be perfectly at ease,” the 71-year-old John Prevost told Chicago local NBC affiliate 5 Chicago television in an ...

Former Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a conservative who clashed with former Pope Francis and was removed by him, said he is "praying" for the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, in a Thursday social ...

Pope Leo XIV breaks with tradition by moving into the papal apartment with companions, contrasting Pope Francis who chose a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican's 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis' most ...

The same year, he was appointed as a provincial for the order. In 1992, Pope John Paul II appointed Bergoglio as titular Bishop of Auca and as an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires.

Pope Francis on Saturday established new legal procedures to remove bishops who failed to protect their flocks from pedophile priests if the Vatican finds they were negligent.

Pope Francis today suspended the free spending German Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz-van Elst -- known derisively as Bishop Deluxe or the Bishop of Bling -- and ordered him to vacate the Diocese of ...

Bishop Larry Sullivan delivered the sermon at a special commemoration for Pope Francis, hours after the pope was laid to rest. The 88-year-old pontiff was honored during an outdoor, funeral mass ...

🔊 In this episode, Roxane speaks with Bishop John Folda, the first U.S.-appointed bishop by Pope Francis, about the honor of being appointed and his hopes for the Catholic church.

Pope Leo XIV exchanges a sign of peace with Archbishop Robert G. Casey of Cincinnati after giving him the pallium during Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2025, the feast of ...