SNL's Weekend Update addresses complaints from conservatives that Pope Leo XIV is "woke," and trashes Donald Trump wanting to reopen Alcatraz prison ...

Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church. He identified AI as one of the ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

"JD Vance is wrong," the future-pope wrote on Feb. 3, echoing the title of the op-ed in the National Catholic Reporter.

Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic ...

Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

Leo’s brother John Prevost told the Times on Thursday that he knew “for a fact” that the new pope was “not happy with what’s going on with immigration.” ...