Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, a veteran diplomat, has been named new Vatican ambassador to United States, replacing the ...

Extracts from CNN Vatican correspondent Christopher Lamb’s new book, “American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV Means for the Church and the World,” reveal how his election bucked history.

Pope Leo XIV is expected to accept Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s resignation this week — and will possibly name a bishop from the pontiff’s home state of Illinois to lead the Archdiocese of New York, ...

Harry Styles caught a piece of history when he saw the new pope being announced last year — but it wasn’t planned. In May 2025, Styles was spotted among the thousands of people who gathered at St.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses ...

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 ...