Even in his new Vatican role, Pope Leo XIV, who spent two decades as a missionary in Peru, has maintained this spirit and ...

A lawyer seemed to have a conflict of interest when he represented sisters who claimed the future pope covered up their abuse ...

The new American pope, Leo XIV, has somehow managed, in the four months since his election, to stay mostly out of the news.

Pope Leo’s responses to questions from Elise Ann Allen demonstrated a realistic understanding of the American church.

Leo is not just generally or vaguely supportive of Pope Francis’ reforming initiative; he is convinced of its fundamental ...

Robert Prevost, 69, has been elected the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV. Born in Chicago in 1955, he has Spanish, French, and African-Creole roots. He joined the Order of St. Augustine in 1977, ...

Archbishop Filippo Iannone speaks at a press conference presenting the reform of canon law on June 1, 2021. Pope Leo XIV on ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a special Mass for the Jubilee of Missions and of Migrants Sunday, urging a welcoming and ...

When he was elected last May at age 69, the former Robert Prevost was the youngest pope since 1978, when Karol Wojtyla was ...

Pope Leo XIV turned 70 years old on Sunday. The Chicago area native was honored by the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican with a cake from local favorite Portillo's. There will be local celebrations of ...

An American pope was big news. News that Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV as of May 8, was a (distantly) New Orleans pope? Even bigger, at least among local Catholics and genealogy researchers.

Pope Leo XIV presides a Holy Mass and canonisation ceremony of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. Stefano Spaziani/EUROPA PRESS/dpa The Vatican says ...