Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

"He’s the one who gave me permission to stay there" in 2000, James M. Ray, the former priest, told the Chicago Sun-Times ...

By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

The new leader of the Catholic Church has a distinction that goes beyond being the first pope from the United States. Records ...

Photos of "a pope in muddy boots" began circulating on social media shortly after Cardinal Robert Prevost was introduced as Pope Leo XIV. The story behind the images tells of a pastor in close kinship ...

Hopefully under Leo, the Catholic Church can work with people like Hassabis to help the world understand and control the development of AGI as a tool in order to benefit humanity, rather than destroy ...

Peter Jones and a group of Loyola University Chicago educators traveled to Rome for an hour private meeting with Pope Francis. As the white ...

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Trump said that following a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia and Ukraine will begin ceasefire negotiations ...

Arizona's immigration advocates are hopeful that Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope with a history in Peru, will positively influence Arizona's immigration policies.