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a member of Saint John Vianney Catholic Church in west Houston. "May his new papacy be filled with grace, wisdom, and tremendous tender mercy. A powerful moment for Catholics across Texas and the ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was presented to the world as the newest leader of the Catholic Church ... in Texas. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, overseen ...

"It's more about who is gonna be the best for the church at this moment, irrespective of where that person comes from." Okoli is assigned to All Saints Catholic Church. The Nigerian native came on ...

The 19-year-old, Houston-raised sophomore ... this year as a time to renew the Catholic faith and led the church in deciding to canonize two young saints, Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati ...

Catholic worshippers have for weeks flocked to Alba de Tormes, a town ringed by rolling pastures in western Spain where the ...

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... old nun from Houston, Texas, was studying ...

"The whole church, united with us in prayer ... the holy apostles Peter and Paul and all the saints, we may always do what is pleasing to him," the cardinal prayed. Msgr. Guido Marini, master ...

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 ...

The Latin expression means “all ... Saints.” A line of Swiss Guards stood at attention. The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a new leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic ...