Pope Francis

In a fascinating twist of fate, three major entertainment icons share ancestry with Pope Leo XIV, all thanks to tracing back to a 17th-century Quebec family.

Here's what we know about the ceremony during which a new pope will be selected by the Catholic Church.

He was the first Latin American pope to ever be elected by the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis and the Vatican have issued a statement that the Catholic Church can not bless or oversee same-sex marriages, according to Vatican News.

Santos Colon Jr., a 17-year-old from Lindenwold, pleaded guilty as an adult.

You've heard the saying 'the shot heard 'round the world'?  Well this is 'the picture seen 'round the world' and it's courtesy of our own photographer Gary Gellman.