The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

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COMMENTARY: The Pope has put forward Augustine as his great friend, father and companion on the Way of Christ.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Villanova University graduate and a Chicago native, was chosen as the first American pope in ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

The Catholic Centre for Studies and Media in Jordan has welcomed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new ...

On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' ...