Delivered just six weeks after Leo's election, it creates a broad picture of a new era unfolding in the Catholic Church.

As Leo is a fixed sign, this transit imbues us all with a can-do attitude and a stick-to-it-ness. Mars in Leo is courageous, motivated by competition and unfazed by failure.

Because we live in a political age, a great deal of interest will be focused on Pope Leo’s political orientation ... in church activities only when they can discover a scandal.

Ancient Etruscan priests read entrails to divine the future; today’s press scrutinizes whatever entrails can be found anywhere. In the original meaning of the word catholic, Leo has a remarkable ...

But as the first American pontiff readies for his sacred inauguration Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, the burning question for the globe’s largest Christian faith is whether Pope Leo XIV can ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, May 9, 2025.

Can Pope Leo Remain a U.S. Citizen Now That He's a Foreign Head of State? Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state.