ROME — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state ...

Four students from Los Angeles-area Catholic high schools will visit the Vatican to participate in a memorial service for ...

Pope Francis reformed the Pontifical Academy for Life by expanding its research horizons beyond traditional bioethical ...

By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

Pope Francis did not act as a steward of that faith, but as an improviser. Under his pontificate, clarity was displaced by ambiguity, continuity by novelty and the teaching Church by the therapeutic ...

Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, ...

Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi -- died the day before Earth Day ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But Europe remains the largest source of cardinals.

An American rabbi has voiced optimism for Catholic-Jewish relations after the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying his ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...