VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Less than one month after he broke Vatican rules while touring the sacred city, U.S. Vice President JD Vance has once again ...

The moment comes after Vance allegedly broke Vatican protocol when he took a trip to the grand Sistine Chapel, famously home ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history's first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural mass ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, is vowing to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, vowed on Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

Around 6 a.m., thousands of people began to file into St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass. Thousands of volunteers from the Red Cross and other groups took positions in the streets ...