In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

After an Earth Day Service of Lessons and Carols at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on May 18, 2025 ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV , history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

Some 80 percent of the cardinals were appointed by Pope Francis, Reese told The Washington Post, “and they are not going to elect someone who is then going to stand up and say that the Francis ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

The late Pope Francis was the least favorite pope of American conservatives. In 2020, when Francis published an encyclical a month before the U.S. election, he seemed to be playing to his part as ...

Then he did something notably uncharacteristic of Pope Francis. He sang ... speaking on the condition of anonymity to The Washington Post to discuss plans not yet announced, said Leo is ...

Holding back his emotion in his Urbi et Orbi, or speech to Rome and the World, he picked up where Francis left off, with the blessing the late pope gave on Easter Sunday, the day before he died.