Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, became a rare case of an American citizen serving as a foreign head of state.

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

Happily, Pope Leo looks set to follow the lead of his predecessor: offering respect to other faiths (even to atheists); elevating women’s roles in the church; denouncing war and the Gaza catastrophe; ...

O n May 8, just days after his election, Pope Leo XIV sent a remarkable signal to the Jewish world: In a personal letter to ...

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

I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

That was a dead body.” Pham and his family finally made it out of Vietnam when he was a teenager, moving first to a farm in Minnesota (where a cow kicked him in the chest) and then to San Diego ...

"It was such a thrill for me when Apostolic Nuncio Christophe Pierre gave me a call" May 14, Pham told a press conference at ...

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

In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long ...

Reports that the new leader of the Catholic Church has mixed African ancestry offer a fascinating antidote to President Trump’s attacks on diversity in America.

Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.