Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis' legacy of synodality in the ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

The death of Pope Francis in April has created a conspicuous space at the top of the Catholic Church's org chart. As someone who's studied negotiation and also served eight years in uniform in ...

In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

Following St. Augustine, it appears Leo does not see unity as everyone singing the same note but rather as a choir singing in ...

Most U.S. Catholics say they rely on the pope and the Church's teachings for difficult moral questions, this is particularly the case for those who call themselves strong Catholics. For most U.S ...

He has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. NPR's Scott Detrow has been in Rome all week. He talks through what we might expect from Pope ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Vice President JD Vance was among the dignitaries ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named the new pope of the Catholic Church, USA TODAY reports. The successor to Pope Francis, who will go by the name Leo XIV, goes down in ...