Hailing from Chicago, Leo is the first American pontiff in the history of the Church. He attended Villanova University, where ...

The new pontiff has already given some hints about his priorities as head of the Catholic Church — among them are peace, ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with cardinals since his May 8 election and offered a glimpse into his vision for the Church.

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

The Republican described the president as "an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption, and shame" in a social media post.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He’s been in positions of ...

In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis, to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to the faithful, ...

Thursday's news may have come as a surprise even to those who devotedly follow Catholic Church politics: Pope Francis elevated the Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, 69, to ...

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

Between 2015 and 2023, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost shepherded the Diocese of Chiclayo through some of its most difficult ...