The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

The motto of one newly elected American world leader: " Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first ...

Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

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

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

The queer Catholics hope that Pope Leo XIV’s ministry does not witness the absence of ecclesiastical embrace, of the kind they had grown to be used under Pope Francis’ pontificate ...

Cardinal Becciu is the face of the financial scandals plaguing the Curia. A crucial but perilous undertaking for Pope Leo XIV ...

ROME– The head of the Dominican Order on Monday, May 12, welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV, citing the outcome of last ...

On May 6, 2025, schoolchildren at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago held a mock ...

A papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected, was held, consisting of one hundred and thirty-three (133) members of ...

Pope Leo XIV has broken the seal on the papal apartments, marking one of his first major symbolic moments as pontiff ...