On a Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order ...

Just as his predecessor was a prime target for fake news, Pope Leo XIV has been hit with various false claims on social media ...

Our kids didn’t have to know everything about him as a prerequisite for loving him. They simply loved, and their enthusiasm ...

Showing up in Rome is pragmatic statecraft, executed under Bernini’s colonnade, where religious and political figures have ...

COMMENTARY: The new Pope seems to want to continue the tradition of developing Catholic social teaching in a way that breaks ...

Symbolism over substance" is a consistent critique of political parties and political leaders, regardless of one's political leanings. There is nothing wrong with symbols or symbolism. From the ...

Pope Leo's inauguration ceremony will offer yet another opportunity for U.S. and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate peace.

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

A map shows the areas of the U.S. where Catholicism is on the rise, with certain regions experiencing a much higher influx ...

W.Va., has introduced a House resolution to celebrate the election of the first-ever pope born in the United States.

Pope Leo XIV received the Brothers of the Christian Schools, founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle, on May 15 at the ...