To what degree will the new pope stand or not stand in continuity with Francis? As a scholar who has studied the writings and actions of the popes since the time of the Second Vatican Council, a ...

It has traditionally been the second most symbolic building in the Vatican, after St. Peter's Basilica. Leo XIVinstructed on ...

Pope Leo XIV committed to strengthening ties between the Catholic Church and Jews in a message to the Chief Rabbi of Rome, ...

The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the ...

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

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

The ecumenical patriarch, who had hoped to visit Iznik, Turkey, with Pope Francis in May to mark the 1,700th anniversary of ...

New pope begins his ministry with key May liturgies, including his inauguration, basilica visits, and priestly ordinations ...

Concluding a series of special reports for The Irish News from the Vatican, Martin O’Brien heard from the new pontiff at an ...

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

But give them a pope willing to criticize President Donald Trump, well, that’s a different story. Now that Pope Leo XIV has replaced Trump critic Pope Francis, there is an eagerness to find out if the ...