The election of Pope Leo XIV has refocused attention once again on the mega ethical issue of our time — “Who and what is a ...

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

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

Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, reflects on the time he spent with Cardinal Robert Prevost before he ...

As the first pope from the United States and a dual citizen of America and Peru, Pope Leo XIV — a native of the Windy City — ...

The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people ... “So, I also view him as a Latino pope because ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV paid respects at the tomb of Pope Francis on May 10 ... But advocates point out that those statements were made ...

The man who is now known as Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome and the successor to Francis, one of the most liberal ...