The predominantly Catholic Philippines rejoiced and expressed warm welcome for the election of Pope Leo XIV, with some Filipinos recounting that the new pontiff had visited the country at the turn of ...

At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide ...

It is fitting that in these days when all eyes turn to Rome to watch the election of our new pope to have a selection of readings that so well capture the transformation of Simon Peter from simple ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost is the first Augustinian Pope, an order with deep ties to the Florentine Basilica.

But Pope Leo must walk a fine line: if he is too critical of Moscow, he risks alienating the Russian Orthodox faithful and ...

The history of changing one's name upon ascending to papacy is deeply rooted in Catholic tradition and has significant ...

Javier Milei’s right-wing government is racking up new debt with the IMF. It’s part of a vicious cycle the country seems ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been picked to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church; he will be known as Pope Leo XIV. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...

President Bola Tinubu, his US counterpart, Mr. Donald Trump and presidential candidate of Labour Party in the last general ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

Months of memes about the Catholic church led to a group of obsessives scooping mainstream media when cardinals elected a ...

In a historic first, the 69-year-old American missionary has been elected pope - the first American to ascend to the Catholic ...