It may well be a coincidence, but many social media users have pointed out that Pope Leo XIV intends to hold a mass in Chicago on the same day as Donald Trump’s birthday and a military parade in ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV, an American and a global citizen, can be a strong advocate for the First Amendment's protection of freedom of ...

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

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.

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

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

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