Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of ...

In one case, Pope Leo XIV — then known as Bishop Robert Prevost — sided with victims of sexual abuse, locking horns with ...

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one ...

Pope Leo XIV continues to make history. Not only is he the first American pope, he also just set an all-time trading card ...

Leo XIV celebrated Mass in St. Peter's at 10:30 a.m. The pallium was conferred on 54 metropolitan bishops, seven from Asia: ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

Ralph Fiennes is eager to know what Pope Leo XIV thought of the movie Conclave after he experienced the historical moment in ...

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

We should approach Pope Leo XIV looking not for his alignment with the set of questions we bring to him, but with trust that ...

A casual dinner photo reveals how small the Catholic world really is.

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

In “Conclave,” which is based on a 2016 Robert Harris novel, Fiennes plays a cardinal tasked with selecting a new pope and finds himself investigating secrets and scandals about the major candidates, ...