The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

He also spoke about the roles of religious leaders, traditional leaders, and political leaders in modern Nigeria.

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Pope Leo XIV, an American and a global citizen, can be a strong advocate for the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of ...

As Pope Leo settles into the job, he signals what's ahead for the new papacy, taking action on the vision he sketched out in ...

We were once leaders in petroleum and gas research; now we’re becoming leaders in green hydrogen and carbon capture. This isn ...

President Trump met with Pope Leo's Florida brother Louis Prevost at the White House May 20. Trump called Louis Prevost a ...

Whether mainline Protestant warmth toward the new pope is a result of convergence on social justice issues or pride in the ...

Pope Leo likes Wordle. People who play it like words, and they probably try to be precise when they’re speaking. That will ...