A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Matthew Gamboa, a 15-year-old who attends St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, said he was inspired by the ...

Pope Leo XIV waves after walking onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, was chosen Thursday as the first U.S. cardinal to lead the global Catholic Church, a community of more than 1.4 billion people. The election ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell and producer Ricardo da Silva, S.J., answer ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope ... traditional style and Augustinian background, emphasizing core truths of Catholic doctrine. Leo drove that message home further by wearing ...

The new pope met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Leo XIV spoke on Sunday of the remarkable times during which he's been elevated to the papacy, saying ...