The Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church saw their first American-born pope, Pope Leo XIV, elected on May 8th.

Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo may ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Pope Leo do the same?

Once he came back to the Midwest, he held many Spanish masses at St. Mary’s. “Many of our priests can read the mass in ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...

A local Catholic church is cherishing its connection to Pope Leo XIV.The pope, then known as Father Bob Prevost, visited Our ...

Before he became the new pope, Robert Prevost was the bishop of Chiclayo, a city in the north of Peru, where many describe ...

"He is an American, but he's an American who has a really international experience," said an assistant professor at St. Louis University.

Pope Leo XIV’s election, praising Pope Francis and vowing to continue his work, is a historic moment for the Catholic Church ...

His election reflects a Church that is not shrinking but expanding — a Church alive in every corner of the world, including ...