By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

With deep ties to both the United States and Peru, Pope Leo steps into spiritual leadership of 1.4 billion Catholics, ...

Wondering who Pope Leo XIV’s favorite saint is? A Peruvian missionary priest who is a close friend and confidant of the ...

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...

Pope Leo XIV, in one of his first personnel appointments, names Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the Pontifical ...

Photos of "a pope in muddy boots" began circulating on social media shortly after Cardinal Robert Prevost was introduced as Pope Leo XIV. The story behind the images tells of a pastor in close kinship ...

In the midst of the daily swirl of bad news from across the world, last week brought some good news—the election of a new Pope. I am not a Roman Catholic, but it is always exhilarating to experience ...

US Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States.

Arizona's immigration advocates are hopeful that Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope with a history in Peru, will positively influence Arizona's immigration policies.

“The pope is not your friend. He is not going to sit down and have a beer with you,” he says. “If you think the pope is your ...

Pope Leo XIV is “a man of deep interior life – calm, recollected and spiritually grounded,” according to a Norfolk-based ...