There is much about this papacy that suggests it is the office, more than the man, that is guiding decision-making ...

The new pontiff’s home city has welcomed him with jokey tropes, from its deep dish pizzas to stained-glass windows depicting ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

It still may be hard to believe, but the new pope is from Chicago. In just a few days, those who consider Pope Leo XIV their ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...

Not long after the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City and news broke that Robert Prevost ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now officially known as Pope Leo XIV, recently made history as the first American to ascend to the ...

The school's students and staff expressed shock and excitement following the recent election of the first-ever American pope.

The divisions are evident in issues like immigration, same-sex couples, and the role of women in the Church. Read more at ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to counter a lack of faith in his first homily as pope, a day after becoming the first US ...