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 the ...

Pope Leo XIV in 2012 made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting acceptance of same-sex relationships that conflicted with Catholic ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Roasted soyabeans are thrown to drive away devils during the spring festival called Setsubun in Japan writes Ranjeni A Singh If you see somebody throwing soyabeans on the street you will call the guy ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — While Pope Franci s accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many ...

They saw us as the devil,” said Colombia-born Andrea Paola Torres Lopez. “Then Pope Francis arrived, and the doors of the church opened for us.” A 2023 synod reflects Francis’ mixed legacy ...

They saw us as the devil,” said Colombia-born Andrea Paola Torres Lopez. “Then Pope Francis arrived, and the doors of the church opened for us.” The pope’s mixed legacy was epitomized by ...

10, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) Same-sex couples take part in a public blessing ceremony in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin ...

FILE - Pope Francis waves to members of the media as he leaves a synod on family issues at the Vatican, Oct. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any sexual relations between ...