Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

While he seems to be followng in the footsteps of Francis, Robert Prevost is more elusive than his predecessors who ascended ...

As contemporary as they sound, these lines come from his 19th-century predecessor, Pope Leo XIII. The encyclical was entitled ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Environmental groups in the Philippines have welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s election amid his track record of climate advocacy. Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Jefferson Chua said there are signs the ...

To what degree will the new pope stand or not stand in continuity with Francis? As a scholar who has studied the writings and actions of the popes since the time of the Second Vatican Council, a ...

Does Pope Leo XIV subscribe to the tenets of the economic agenda of patriotic populism? Well, it seems so, as he officially ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or ...

Shortly after white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, the world met a new leader: Pope Leo XIV. An American ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...