Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by birth but ask the people from Chiclayo, Peru, and the man is decidedly Peruvian.

Pope Leo XIV has made his first public appearance since his election, traveling to a sanctuary south of Rome that is ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals who elected him that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope ...

Pope Leo XIV says he chose his papal name as a nod to the Catholic Church's last Leo, who stood as a source of stability and guidance during the industrial revolution.

Msgr. Rick Hilgartner, with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, reflects on the significance of the first North American pope.