Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV last Thursday, and the world moved, just a little, on its axis as a result ...

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV marked a watershed moment in the long history of the Catholic Church. Born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955, Leo XIV became the first American to ascend to the ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Many hope the Catholic church’s new leader will reverse the closed parishes and dwindling flock in cities such as Chicago.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, may play a key role in American political debates, particularly ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, might play a significant role in American political debates, ...

The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.

Michele Bowe is the Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Palestine. The Order of Malta is an ancient Catholic order that serves the sick and poor.

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we ...