Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.

Experts say several things could be driving the decline, including increased availability of naloxone, expanded addiction treatment and shifts in how people use drugs.

Fr. Thomas Reese used to be certain no American would be elected pope. Now, he admits, he has been proved wrong with this new ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is on a crusade against efforts to grapple with climate change. The administration has also been tearing down federal programs that protect Americans against ...

And it’s having an impact. When BBC News was “restructured”, ie redundancy ... Leo XIV might be the first American pope, but ...

On Monday, many people gathered at the Co - Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Downtown Houston for a special mass to pray for ...

Even before becoming the first American pope, Leo XIV was not shy about criticizing some of the Trump administration's policies.

Amid global conflicts, the new pope will need to forge new bonds. Experts say he has the background and the skills that will demonstrate that he's up to the task.

For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.

Erik Pohlmeier, bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, is one of many welcoming Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a ...

Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, famously stated that although she has a mother who identifies as a Black woman, she had never been treated like a Black woman. That held until she ...

When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV--an American--it was met with mixed emotions ...