Robert Francis Prevost, the American cardinal who became Leo XIV after Pope Francis’ death in April, was born in Chicago to a father with Italian and French ancestors and a mother with French ...

Human Rights Watch reported Friday that hundreds of protesters remain behind bars, even though the Cuban government agreed in ...

Pope Leo XIV's actions signal that he plans to continue down Pope Francis' path of interreligious dialogue. So what were the hallmarks of Francis' dialogue with Muslims? What is Francis' legacy of ...

After Jorge Bergoglio left his native Argentina in 2013 to attend the conclave that made him Pope Francis, he never returned. Francis visited several countries nearby and was not shy about ...

Pope Leo XIV wore cufflinks, which Pope Francis had largely avoided, along with an amitto, which is a lacy linen cloth that goes around the neck at his inaugural Mass on May 18.

Were you to have asked Pope Francis to name his favorite book, he would probably have said the Bible. Asked for his favorite novel, however, he might have mentioned a dystopian thriller in which ...

Four students from Los Angeles-area Catholic high schools will visit the Vatican to participate in a memorial service for Pope Francis while hoping to meet the new head of the Catholic Church, the ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as Robert Francis Prevost.

Pope Leo has returned to the tradition of awarding bonuses to Vatican employees for their work in the weeks following the death of a pope. The tradition of a “conclave bonus” was halted by ...

Leo was first appointed a bishop by Francis in 2015 and then chosen by the late pope to take up a senior Vatican role two years ago. He has frequently praised his predecessor in his first weeks.

When the Vatican announced that 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, would be replacing the late Pope Francis, many moderate and liberal Catholics in the United States applauded ...