Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Pope Leo XIV has seen and experienced the Church in more contexts than perhaps any other person currently living...’ ...

Pope Leo XIV offered to host or facilitate peace talks between warring parties in pursuit of global peace, but Moscow has ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

It was a truly hectic Sunday, May 25, for the American-born pope, as he visited the two major basilicas: St. John Lateran and ...

One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome. Given his responsibilities running the ...

The choice of a new name is an opportunity for newly elected popes to hint at their agenda for the Catholic Church. In 2005, ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 ...