A stable family life benefits any child. Pope Leo XIV, who calls his siblings at least weekly, is one good example. Then-Bishop Robert Prevost would call his older brother, John, daily from his ...

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Vance and the pope discussed issues of religion and religious freedom and exchanged views on international issues, the Vatican said. The pope has called for peace in Gaza and Ukraine. During the ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled with ancient and symbolic rituals. By Jason Horowitz Reporting from ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff ... director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. "With Donald Trump viewed widely around the world and in the church as a populist ...

In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter ... But as a scholar of religion in Latin America, I believe that it is his time in Peru that has best prepared him to take ...

Cathleen Falsani wrote about the installation of Pope Benedict XVI as the Sun-Times religion reporter and columnist from 2000-2010. She is at the Vatican to cover the installation of Pope Leo XIV ...

CERTAINLY A BIG DAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY HERE AS ONE OF THEIR OWN IS SELECTED AS THE NEW POPE. YOU SEE BEHIND ME HERE, THAT IS THE CHURCH. SAINT THOMAS OF VILLANOVA CHURCH. AND WE’VE BEEN HEARING ...

Vatican City • Pope Leo XIV used his first audience with news outlets Monday to appeal to journalists to help cool the heated language of today’s media landscape. The comments once again ...

SEATTLE — On the first Sunday following the election of Pope Leo XIV, many gathered at St. James Cathedral to honor the new pontiff, marking a historic moment as he became the first American ...

Indeed, the Catholic Church, Christianity, and religion in general remain vitally relevant in human affairs in our supposedly secular age. The world’s eyes became fixed on Rome following Pope ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The whole world has been watching the selection and introduction of Pope Leo XIV, including here in Spokane. Even people not connected with the Catholic church tuned in to the ...