“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people ...

The cardinals’ selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.

Pope Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is an American with Peruvian citizenship, but his identity may have been most deeply molded by his connection to the Order of St. Augustine. It ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass on Sunday morning at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus’ apostle, and his special mission as head of the ...

Vice President JD Vance was expected to be among the dignitaries attending the Mass in St. Peter’s Square. It marks the start ...

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

Eire suggested that one of the reasons Pope Leo was chosen is that he is not a “full-blown American.” Despite being born in ...

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

The newly named Leo will be a welcome voice, with a Midwestern accent, against the unchristian attitude of the present ...

A recent trip to Rome offers the most detailed evidence yet of the close access corporate powers gain from these events.

The digitally altered video claims the pope called Trump's policies "a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ideology." ...