Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

A wave of history and hope swept through Downtown Brooklyn as hundreds of faithful filled the Cathedral Basilica of St. James ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) is the second Roman Pontiff, after Pope Francis, from the Americas. Unlike Jorge ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

The newly elected pope, Leo XIV, once held a role at a Catholic school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before rising to become the leader ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV took many local members of the Catholic community by surprise, not because of the speed at which it occurred, but because he is the first American to hold the papacy in ...

The pope is many things, by definition and as a byproduct of his job description. The bishop of Rome. The worldwide leader of ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

There is little without precedent in the Catholic Church, but it is fair to say nothing exactly like the election of Pope Leo ...