Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., in an undated photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Born Clarence John Davis in Washington, D.C., in 1930, Davis was raised in a Congregational church but became Catholic as a ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Archbishop Thomas Rodi recalls the first time that a woman connected to the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage trail looked through the records of the Catholic Church ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, making him the first pontiff to be from the United States. Shortly after being elected pope, the 69 ...

A remarkable thing has been happening in the Catholic Church in the United States over the past few years: growth.

ope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...