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 ...

The new pope's eldest brother has come under scrutiny for inflammatory political posts—here's what we know about him.

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

Most of us can think back to the public schools and those teachers who had a positive influence on us. The teachers took ...

Trump’s first-term rule—“Most Favored Nation”—was focused on lowering the cost of Medicare payments on certain drugs, but it ...

New pontiff Robert Francis Prevost embraces a long Catholic tradition of standing with laborers by picking Leo as his name | ...

Americans have been looking out for any indications on how the new pontiff will lead the 1.4 billion people making up the global Catholic Church.

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...

President Donald Trump called on Disney CEO Bob Iger to "do something" after an ABC reporter insisted Pope Leo's selection ...

Pope Leo XIV has been elected as the 267th pontiff, leader of the Catholic church and spiritual guide to more than 1.4 ...