The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff’s continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the revision of Opus Dei’s statutes with the apostolate’s prelate, Monsignor ...

Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way.” ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

The U.S. State Department says it generally presumes that U.S. citizens, even if they accept a foreign government post, want ...

Former Sen. Joe Donnelly, who served as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and spent a lot of time with Pope Francis, joins ...

Archbishop Nelson Pérez, along with educators and pastors in the region, share their impressions and memories of the first American elected pope.