I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

I don’t think he is going to go, pull the church hard left,” Prevost also said. “I think he’s going to be down the middle.” ...

In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen ...

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

The first US-born pope started off sharing his concerns that AI could threaten "human dignity, justice, and labor." ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

The motto of one newly elected American world leader: " Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first ...

Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope to lead the global Catholic Church, following a two-day conclave that concluded May 8. Prevost's background points to a ...

He is at the helm of the church and ... Mark O’Connor, a Catholic journalist who runs communications for the Diocese of Parramatta in Australia. O’Connor knows Pope Leo reasonably well.

After Pope Leo XIV was elected as the highest official in the Catholic Church, he also received a significant upgrade to his ...