We can offer our own form of papal indulgence for Pope Leo's baseball inclinations. Under church teaching, this is a personal, not papal, declaration.

Along political party lines, roughly half of US Democrats view Pope Leo favorably, along with some 4 in 10 Republicans and ...

About two-thirds of American Catholics have a “very” or “somewhat” favorable view of Pope Leo, according to the new survey ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first few weeks had liturgical fashion aficionados noticing a shift toward an older, more traditional papal ...

By Paul Mills Election of Chicago born Robert Prevost to the Papacy as Leo XIV has been celebrated as the first American to ...

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...

The ascendancy of Cardinal Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV – to become the global head of the Catholic Church is an ...

Pope Leo’s election also offers hope, because he reminds the world that religious conviction need not serve nationalist power ...

Growing up in her Chicago parish, Pope Leo XIV’s mother experienced ritual on a grand scale and attended Immaculata High School.

Abuse experts and survivors express a mix of tentative hopes and low expectations for how Pope Leo might address disciplining ...

In the June 10 speech delivered in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the papal ...