Pope commits to ecumenical, interreligious dialogue
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — During a special audience with religious leaders who came to Rome for the inauguration of his papal ministry,…
Pope Leo calls for ‘united Church in wounded world’
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY — Launching his papacy with a call for reconciliation and communion, Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as…
Cardinal: ‘Truly God was at work’ in pope’s election
By Richard Szczepanowski HYATTSVILLE (Maryland) —The election of Cardinal Robert F. Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the 266th successor of Peter, shows “truly God…
New Pope recognizes crisis of disappearing jobs
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Michael Czerny said that when Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo…
Pope pledges strengthened dialogue with Jews
By Justin McLellan and Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Among his first messages, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen the Catholic Church’s…
Pope Leo shares priorities for the Church
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and…
Pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary…
‘He now belongs to all Catholics’
WASHINGTON — Upon the news that the Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as the 267th pope, Archbishop Timothy…
Pope served in U.S., Latin America, Vatican
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY —- Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was the U.S.…
U.S. Cardinal Prevost elected pope
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the…
