Last week, white smoke from the Vatican signaled that he'd been elected the first North American pope in the history of the ...

Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

VATICAN CITY — Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there and other ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, ...

The Election of Pope Leo XIV delighted and surprised many Catholics and non-Catholics alike. His first words before he gave ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

“Augustinian” is the word most often used to describe the cast of mind of Pope Leo XIV. He used it himself in his first papal ...

Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

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If divine intervention has a place in baseball, then Pope Leo XIV might just be the hottest name in the AL this season. The ...

The new pope, the latest in a line dating back almost 2,000 years, was quickly subjected to a very modern phenomenon: no sooner had Pope Leo XIV delivered his first address than people started ...