Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church's approach to economics by prioritizing people over profits. His advocacy for worker rights and environmental sustainability has influenced business ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV visited the papal summer palace south of Rome on Thursday as questions swirled whether he will use it himself to escape the heat or follow in Pope Francis’ footsteps and keep the ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

The Vatican doesn't disclose any financial payments it makes to popes, so how much they might be paid is left to speculation. What's clear is that while the pope doesn't earn a salary in a traditional ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

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.

In the 10 years since Pope Francis released Laudato Si', dioceses across the United States have responded to varying degrees ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

Pope Leo XIV’s record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed ...

When Robert Francis Prevost was growing up in a modest house in Dolton, Illinois, no one, not even his neighbors, imagined he ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped onto a balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on May 8, he unknowingly arrived along ...