In May, a bipartisan resolution was introduced by several lawmakers calling for the return of the children as a precondition ...

Beneath Taiwan’s high-profile fight for global recognition lies a parallel contest in capitals scattered across the Caribbean ...

Japanese law prevents women from sitting on the Crysanthemum Throne, but as the Imperial Family looks to make an impact on ...

while Leo XIII accepted the Republic as a political system, he didn’t shy away from opposing laws or ideas he saw as contrary to Catholic doctrine. The new pope has chosen a name associated with ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

The pope celebrated Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square in front of tens of thousands faithful, and asked the Holy Spirit to ...

some of the American cardinals who saw one of their own become the 267th pope seemed to distance Leo from both his citizenship and the political polemics of the Trump administration back home.

Leo did though break protocol when he gave his older brother, Louis Prevost, a self-described political “MAGA-type,” a bear hug in the basilica when he and his wife came up to greet the pope.

In a strongly worded Pentecost address, Pope Leo condemned the rise of nationalism and exclusionary politics, urging the faithful to reject prejudice and embrace unity. Pope Leo has issued a ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world as he prayed Sunday for reconciliation and dialogue — a message in line with his pledges to ...

RIPPLE EFFECT: Thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago on Tuesday, stopping traffic in the Loop and along ...