Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

White smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon as Pope Leo XIV, formerly the American cardinal Robert .

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.

Before becoming pope, Leo XIV spent nearly a decade in northern Peru, where he earned deep respect by reforming a ...

Chicago Cardinal says when Pope Leo XIV is ready to travel to the United States, he will push for a Chicago stop.

The world is wondering how the first American pope compares to his predecessor when it comes to his views on LGBTQ+ issues, ...

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 man who is now known as Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome and the successor to Francis, one of the most liberal ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Local Catholic leaders and theologians explain how Pope Leo XIV may lead the Catholic Church. Megan Clarke has the story.

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

Priesthood was something that Pope Leo XIV had his eyes on as a freshman in high school, Louis Prevost said. While they grew up in a traditional Catholic family, pursuing leadership roles within ...