Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota who travelled to Rome for the papal conclave, ...

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope has put forward Augustine as his great friend, father and companion on the Way of Christ.

The former neighbors of the newly elected pontiff describe him as an intelligent person ‘with a sense of humor and great ...

Massimo Faggioli, professor of historical theology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and a regular contributor toLa ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

From communicating values ??to building narratives, Pope Leo XIV will impact an audience of 1.4 billion Catholics ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...