Pope Leo, who was elected in May to the surprise of close conclave watchers, is the first to hail from the United States in the history of the church. A Chicago native, he attended Villanova ...

Pope Leo XIV told 400 bishops and cardinals from nearly 40 countries that they “must be firm and decisive in dealing with ...

Catholic Bishop Robert Barron shared his thoughts on Pope Leo XIV's election and what it means for the Church's future.

Pope Leo has returned to the tradition of awarding bonuses to Vatican employees for their work in the weeks following ...

Pope Leo XIV has blessed an NFL player ahead of the 2025 regular season. The first American pope is from Chicago, Illinois.

Delivered just six weeks after Leo's election, it creates a broad picture of a new era unfolding in the Catholic Church.

The first American to be elected, Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Prevost of Chicago, assumed the position of head of the ...

A Mankato native who spent most of his journalism career covering the Vatican provided some dope on popes, his review of a ...

Ralph Fiennes wonders what Pope Leo XIV thought of 'Conclave' after watching it ahead of his historic election as the first ...

How he chooses to bring his own legal acumen to bear on each of these three situations will say a great deal about the early ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial ...