News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

With the arrival of Pope Leo XIV, much of the media has emphasized the mystery of the papal conclave, focusing on cryptic ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

At Villanova, the future Pope Leo XIV had a front-row seat to significant social change. Plus, Pa. Democratic justices are ...

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what people in Chicago neighborhoods call a “reg’lar ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV’s condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 marks a stark contrast compared to his predecessor’s stance, which viewed the invasion more as a conflict between two parties.

For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and a chance for ...

"It's not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I'm Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

"JD Vance is wrong," the future-pope wrote on Feb. 3, echoing the title of the op-ed in the National Catholic Reporter.