WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his "church of the poor" to the world's wealthiest superpower and a country polarized over ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals. Gregory will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise ...

The story that dominated the Catholic news headlines in 2025 was, of course, the death of Pope Francis and the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. These were NCR's most read — not necessarily the most ...

Pope Francis, who recently survived a bout of double pneumonia, has died aged 88, 12 years after he was elected during the ...