Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social doctrine.

“There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great Industrial Revolutio ...

"There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution.

"Pope Leo XIII, with the historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum, addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution," Pope Leo XIV said. "Today, the Church offers to ...

Pope Leo XIV explained that his name references Pope Leo XIII, who presided over the church at the dawn of the industrial revolution. …I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different ...

In his first formal meeting with cardinals, which began with a standing ovation, the new pontiff said he chose his papal name to continue down the path of Pope Leo XIII, who addressed “the ...

The newly-elected American pontiff told the College of Cardinals on Saturday that Pope Leo XIII’s ability to help the Christian faith maintain its values and moral center amid a complete ...

The Pope outlined key priorities for his pontificate in the age of a new industrial revolution, as Leo XIII did before him, while emphasizing continuity with his predecessors and commitment to the ...

“It’s important, in looking at Pope Leo, to give him space to grow into the office. He’s never been pope before,” Cardinal Wilton Gregory ... Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to ...

This house of God is a total real-estate blessing! The owner of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago yanked the humble abode off the market overnight with potential plans to ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming with emotion.

“We didn’t expect an American to be Pope,” Gregory Treverton, a USC Professor, said. Treverton is a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California and a former ...