It has been nearly a month since Pope Leo XIV was elected head of the Catholic Church, and he has already been leaving an ...

Pope Leo "has Augustine's profound belief that caring for the poor is not merely an act of charity but a fundamental ...

In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June.

Pope Leo XIV has no illusions about power. He did not seek high office. His heart was shaped by those he served: by farmers, ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...

From saints and scholars to fearless reformers, these popes didn’t just shape Church history — they shaped my life of faith.

The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

Muslims in the pontiff's native city want to see Francis’ social justice approach to Christian-Muslim relations continue.

Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown—but his years leading the Diocese of ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...