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

Four students from Los Angeles-area Catholic high schools will visit the Vatican to participate in a memorial service for ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's ...

Not long afterward, he flew into the mountains of Bolivia and rode through the streets of Philadelphia and New York ... buried as the 266th pope. For all the emphasis Francis placed on modesty ...

Image Mourning Pope Francis in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, last week. Francis visited the country in 2023.Credit...Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times Africa produces the highest number ...

The new pope attended Villanova University, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, as an undergraduate.Credit...Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was introduced ...

Pope Francis’ funeral procession passed the Temple of Venus and Rome on its way to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Saturday.Credit...Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times Supported by ...

As Pope Francis is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square, millions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike are expected to tune in to watch the celebration of his life on Saturday. The 88-year-old pope died ...