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.

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 ...

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.

The last three pontiffs each chose very different paths between Rome and home.

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

A new biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, will be available May 21 from EWTN and is now available for preorder.