Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but maintained a close relationship with Pope Francis and support for ...

On May 19, Pope Leo XIV stated: “If we Christians and members of other religious traditions stand together, free from ...

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a nudge from Pope Francis — put Robert Prevost on the fast track.

On a sweltering January day in 2018, Pope Francis addressed 100,000 of the faithful in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, not far from where gold mining had ravaged an expanse of Amazon rainforest about the ...

When Pope Francis died, the morning after Easter, prominent right-wing Catholics leapt at the chance to lobby for a more conservative, even Trumpian, leader of the Church. Far-right pundit Jack ...

This was true, to a large degree, of Francis. The day after his election, Salon published an article showcasing the new pope’s “very worst quotes” about homosexuality, all related to a ...

with symbolic words and actions that have linked him not only to Pope Francis but also to predecessors like St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, earning admiration from more traditional Catholics in ...

In his homily, the new pontiff sought to bridge the divisions in the church between those who want to engage with the modern world by pushing ahead with the inclusive approach of Pope Francis ...

Editor’s Note: Pope Leo XIV celebrated his Inaugural Mass with thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. Below is a full transcript of his homily, printed with permission.

American Robert Francis Prevost – the former Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine who also obtained citizenship in Peru after Pope Francis made him Bishop of Chiclayo in 2015 – was ...

In the hours after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, speculation swirled: Would the first American pontiff be a sequel to Francis — or more along the lines of St. John Paul II or Benedict XVI?