Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit Saturday to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna and of significance to his Augustinian order. Townspeople of Genazzano gathered in the square ...

For the first time since being elected in May, Pope Leo XIV waded into U.S. politics, criticizing those who say they're against abortion but support the death penalty, saying that's "not really ...

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the first two saints of his papacy in a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday, including the first of the millennial generation. Blesseds Carlo Acutis and ...

The first American pope, born Robert Francis Prevost, most recently voted in the 2024 presidential election via absentee ballot ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Pope Leo XIV voted numerous times in his ...

COMMENTARY: Long before his election, Pope Leo XIV was reflecting on authority, obedience and communion. His 1987 doctoral dissertation offers a striking preview of the leadership now unfolding. The ...

Pope Leo XIV bluntly called out inequality and indifference to the plight of the poor in the first major teaching document of his pontificate. "In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we ...

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed a 15-year-old computer genius the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, along with another popular Italian figure who spent his life spreading his faith before dying at a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X For John, Leo’s hope in becoming the 267th pope was not a surprise. “Some people play school or ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized corporate pay packages that award executives vastly higher pay than rank-and-file workers, singling out Tesla's CEO Elon Musk for his huge wealth. In excerpts from an ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across. Pope ...