Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

We can offer our own form of papal indulgence for Pope Leo's baseball inclinations. Under church teaching, this is a personal ...

Leo was first appointed a bishop by Francis in 2015 and then chosen by the late pope to take up a senior Vatican role two years ago. He has frequently praised his predecessor in his first weeks.

A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Madagascar's bishops to embrace the care of creation as a central part of their prophetic ministry, ...

Carlo Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia. He has become enormously ...

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s ...

Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of seminarians from around the world to bear witness to the “tenderness” and “mercy” of Christ.

He turns 70 in September. Did prior popes retain citizenship in their home countries? It’s not clear what happened to the citizenship status of Leo’s predecessors once they became pope. That’s not ...

Addressing thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Basilica June 14 for a special Jubilee audience, the pope said the ...

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, a close adviser of Francis, said he took note of the man who would become pope — an American with deep experience in Latin America, strong linguistic and cultural ...