Even before he was appointed to a position at the Vatican in 2023, Pope Leo XIV spent most of his time away from his home ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

For the first time in history, a Pope was born in the United States. Quickly after it was announced that Provost Robert ...

The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

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

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in New York to British parents in 1964. He left the U.S. as a young boy ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's relationship with the new pope.

University of Dayton Associate Professor of Religious Studies and author of The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular ...