In this moment of deepening catastrophe, Hispanic America needs its first “Peruvian” pope to act not just as a global ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social doctrine.

Pope Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878-1903, is known for publishing the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" on worker's rights -- considered the foundational document for the church's social teaching.

Here's a look into what each Pope Leo did during their papacy. Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, laid the foundation for modern Catholic social thought ...

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Pope Leo XIII prized global issues, economic fairness and democracy. Will Pope Leo XIV follow his example? Good morning. As a new papacy dawns ...