In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope ...

The sanctuary is run by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine and "houses an ancient image of the Virgin, dear to the ...

The new pope has taken in the recent antics of the New York Knicks thanks to their plethora of Villanova alumni.

The documents, including census records, baptismal rolls and marriage certificates, trace the story of Pope Leo’s mother’s ...

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

At this early stage of Leo XIV’s pontificate, the text is a “must read” for Catholics. Here are three notable takeaways.

The dire state of the Holy See accounts was among the topics cardinals tasked with choosing a successor to Pope Francis ...

I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal church has now followed for ...