When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel, addressing the more than 1.4 billion members of the Catholic Church he now leads.

Pope Leo XIV's French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging into ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears to bring a personal touch to the papacy ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, ...

The expectation is that the new Pope will continue the work of Francis in a different guise, and his name signifies this. Leo ...

Following his election as the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is set to engage in a series of significant events that will ...