"Making light of this sacred office is deeply offensive and undermines the respect due to a central figure of our faith," Rev ...

By Jeff Mason, Jasper Ward and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Before becoming pontiff, the first U.S.-born pope was not ...

"Peace be with you," he told the cheering crowd in fluent Italian. Leo, who became the church's 267th pope, also spoke in ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...