Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

For some spiritually curious women, a 'mother’s blessing' ceremony offers a sacred approach to pregnancy and birth, but the ...

But Pope Leo can only vote if he is a U.S. citizen. Voting as a dual citizen is not uncommon — Pope Leo also holds ...

On August 5, 2023, Pope Francis criticized “a very strong, organized, reactionary attitude” within the U.S. Catholic church, ...

Through the ministry of Peter, you have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed with that mission,' he told the ...

Americans quickly started reacting online to the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. And of ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

(RNS) — The Holy Spirit surprised us Thursday (May 8) by electing Robert Prevost, an Illinois native who is also a citizen of ...

One attendee said the Trump administration's actions "put a real obligation on us to say: ‘No, our safety does not require, ...