The first official portrait of Pope Leo XIV was released on Friday. Vatican News shared the portrait on Facebook, and in just three hours, the post was shared over 4,700 times and liked 1,200 times.

Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the 1910s, adding another layer to the pope’s complex family history.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the revision of Opus Dei’s statutes with the apostolate’s prelate, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, a revision that was postponed following the death of ...

With the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, many commentators noted ... For instance, the rise of what is now called “medical aid in dying” (MAID) has been significant within the U.S. The stories ...

Cleaning up social media accounts while job hunting took an all new meaning following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who wiped his personal accounts and made his first official post as pontiff this ...

COMMENTARY: In his first days as Pope, Leo XIV has signaled continuity over rupture, rooted his vision in patristic tradition, and issued a bold call to young people: ‘Do not be afraid.

Last Thursday, white smoke emerged from a chimney at the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinals had elected a new pope. That's a rare event in itself, but one of the many unprecedented aspects ...

Scholars are still debating whether Pius XII, the pope during World War II, knew about the Holocaust and did not confront Hitler, or stayed publicly silent because he was secretly arranging for ...

including the progressive Pope Paul VI and the more conservative Pope Pius XII. Many Catholics have closely watched Leo’s moves in his early days as pope to see if he will continue Francis ...

In 1954, which he had declared a special year of veneration to the Virgin Mary, Pope Pius XII started reciting in public a traditional Catholic midday prayer to her. He first delivered it from the ...

By Julie Bosman Reporting from Chicago Her friends called her Millie. The future pope called her Ma. Mildred Prevost, whose youngest son, Robert, would one day take the name Pope Leo XIV ...