One thing seemed clear from the moment Pope Leo stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica: He was not another Pope ...

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

A bit later the pontiff added, “God bless you all.” The brief exchange, captured by NewsNation correspondent Robert Sherman ...

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

While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own ...

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

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.

Notre Dame Provost John McGreevy said he expects some tension between the Vatican and the White House over immigration and ...