Texas' Catholic bishops are impressed by the newly elected pope's commitment to global peace just days after his election to ...

While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own ...

Leo, who was born in Chicago, signed a baseball that someone held out to him. A woman in the line asked him for a selfie — a ...

The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

Hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin Mary on Monday gathered at the sanctuary of Fatima in Portugal to pray for ...

On the day he was elected the 266th successor to St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV pledged to strengthen the Catholic Church’s dialogue ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift ...

Amid global conflicts, the new pope will need to forge new bonds. Experts say he has the background and the skills that will demonstrate that he's up to the task.

While Pope Leo XIV presides over a flock of 1.4 billion people from within Vatican City, there’s one worldly responsibility he may not escape: Uncle Sam.

President of the Papal Foundation, which carries out the Holy Father’s humanitarian aid projects, thinks Leo XIV’s papacy ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8), ...

The philanthropic nonprofit based in Chester keeps its focus on meeting the greatest needs of the Church under the direction ...