With the election of Pope Leo, two of the most powerful men in the world are American. One is all about hubris and might is ...

From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...

A century ago, Pope Leo XIII defended workers’ rights during the Industrial Revolution. Will Leo XIV do the same for AI?

Once he came back to the Midwest, he held many Spanish masses at St. Mary’s. “Many of our priests can read the mass in ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV has roused the attention of many around the world, including those who don’t identify as ...

As contemporary as they sound, these lines come from his 19th-century predecessor, Pope Leo XIII. The encyclical was entitled ...

When I first read the news in Facebook that Pope Leo XIV, an American-born clergyman, had ascended to the papacy, I knew that the Catholic Church had entered a ...

The new pope had a close relationship with Francis, whose legacy looms large. A key inspiration for that legacy, however, is the witness of Latin American Christians whose blood has been shed for ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.

Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...

Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket ...