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

This pope will make mistakes; don’t we all? But on this day, Melinda Henneberger looks to him with great hope. | Opinion ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.

New Pope Leo XIV was a major topic on this Saturday's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Last week, ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.