A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the ...

Pope Leo XIV placed a special liturgical vestment around Archbishop Richard Henning's neck, representing unity between ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one ...

"For Catholics in this country, I think there is a blessing in welcoming a pope for whom we may have a natural affinity but who we know little about," Matt ...

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take "firm and decisive" action to ...

“This is a historic day,” said Robert Orsi, professor of religion at Northwestern University. “Robert Francis Prevost was a favorite of Pope Francis, who made him cardinal only two years ago.” ...

We should approach Pope Leo XIV looking not for his alignment with the set of questions we bring to him, but with trust that ...

Pope Leo XIV told 400 bishops and cardinals from nearly 40 countries that they “must be firm and decisive in dealing with ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...