His appointments have focused on pastoral care and reflect the changing composition of Catholic pews and priests.

About two months after Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal, became Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, he put in a call ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from America, is getting high marks from Catholics as his tenure hits the one-year mark amid ...

One year ago today, white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel to herald the election of a new pope. The ...

He has a Midwestern grin — modest, self-effacing, almost as if he is trying to hide his teeth. I liked him immediately.

David Axelrod, a senior advisor to former president Barack Obama, put out a statement on X quelling rumors that a Thursday meeting between himself and Pope Leo XIV was a precursor to a potential ...

Late Sunday, Trump lashed out at Pope Leo’s criticisms of the Iran war in a lengthy social media post, which: Called the pope “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.” Claimed Leo was only ...

Alarm over the war of words between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has escalated with remarkable speed, from The New York Times to the Daily Beast and local television. The pope has ...

Bishop Robert Barron said Monday that President Donald Trump owes Pope Leo XIV an apology after Trump posted a scathing message about Leo in a Truth Social post. "The statements made by President ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile while riding around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience April 1, 2026. Credit: CNS ...

On the eve of his ordination in Chiclayo, the future Pope traveled to a small town in northern Peru to pray before a relic of St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, a missionary bishop whose example would shape ...