Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

ANALYSIS: Through his words, gestures and even liturgical picks, the new Pope is synthesizing what came before him.

Ukrainian President Zelensky praises Pope Leo XIV's mediation offer for peace in Ukraine, calling for a ceasefire and ...

Pope Leo XIII — whose legacy Pope Leo XIV has invoked by choosing his name — opened the church to modernity with his 1891 ...

Regarding America broadly, here are Leo XIII’s thoughts on the United States in 1895: He “esteemed and loved exceedingly the young and vigorous American nation, in which We plainly discern latent ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first North American pontiff has already used social media posts to help deter war across the world. Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, posted 'Peace be with you all!' as he complained ...

When I first read the news in Facebook that Pope Leo XIV, an American-born clergyman, had ascended to the papacy, I knew that the Catholic Church had entered a ...

Francis challenged the ethnonationalism of the U.S. Catholic right. With the election of Leo XIV, the battle lines are being ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a high-stakes case over President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to ...

The 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen ...

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

Pope Leo XIV declared full commitment to efforts for world peace. The Holy See supports fostering dialogue between enemies to ...