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

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new job in the Vatican, Catholics everywhere continue to celebrate, including in the La ...

Reporters have rarely been fans of faith in politics, and often decry the Republican Party’s cozy relationship with religious ...

Robert Prevost served Peru's rural poor, even if it meant sticking his hands in grease. That is nether the hallmark of a ...

Augustinians are distinguished from other religious orders by their emphasis on living together in community — priests and ...

Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War II and later became a ...

Pope Leo XIV has urged for "responsibility and discernment" over the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) during his first ...

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On the day he was elected the 266th successor to St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV pledged to strengthen the Catholic Church’s dialogue ...

In his first “Urbi et Orbi” (To the City and to the World), the new pope, Leo XIV, opened with Latin to send greetings of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift ...