In the days following Robert Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV, the world sought to understand this relatively unknown man.

That approach should please much of his flock. New polling commissioned by The Economist suggests that Catholics are more ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is ...

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

Latinos are now 40 percent of the U.S. Catholic Church and likely to become the majority. The election of American-Peruvian Pope Leo reflects their ascendence.

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests accidentally calls him Pope Pius. It’s probably not all fun and games to be ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

Pope Leo XIV had a signed jersey delivered to former Chicago White Sox great Paul Konerko. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich ...

Josh Lucas officially married meteorologist Brianna Ruffalo in a ceremony set in Vatican City. The "Sweet Home Alabama" actor ...

Sex abuse scandals have rocked the Catholic church for years, with priests around the world accused of victimizing children and others, and the institution criticized for a weak response.