Newly elected Pope Leo XIV faces expectations to bridge divisions in the Catholic Church The new supreme pontiff, elected less than a week ago, is expected by some to continue Pope Francis' legacy, ...

Pope Leo XIV's life has moved between north and south, grassroots ministry and Roman governance, pastoral accompaniment and ...

His one-word answer — “many” — quickly gained traction online. Some observers interpreted it as a nod to the complex ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV is both the first American pope and the first boomer pope, and any projections about what his papacy will look ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22 after graduating from ...

Conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful that ...

In the afternoon of Thursday, 8 th of May, a new Pope was elected by the conclave. The 267 th Bishop of Rome was born Robert ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate cease-fire in Gaza with the release of ...

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.

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