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

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

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

Regarding America broadly, here are Leo XIII’s thoughts on the United States in 1895: He “esteemed and loved exceedingly the young and vigorous American nation, in which We plainly discern latent ...

When I first read the news in Facebook that Pope Leo XIV, an American-born clergyman, had ascended to the papacy, I knew that the Catholic Church had entered a ...

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

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 ...

On May 6, 2025, schoolchildren at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago held a mock ...

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 ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

In interviews in the run-up to the conclave, I steered clear of making predictions in order to focus on the process: what the ...