Pope Leo XIV is set to declare a 15-year-old computer whiz, Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint on Sunday, giving the next generation of Catholics a relatable, modern-day role model who used ...

During his historic visit to Washington 10 years ago in September 2015, Pope Francis gave the first papal address to a joint ...

He described himself as, “Someone who has a deep appreciation for humanity … a deep faith that, in some way, the mystery of Jesus Christ, God incarnate, reaches all of us. I believe that I have the ...

In it, Leo, who turned 70 on Sunday, gives lift to those seeking a healer to bridge divisions within the church of 1.4 billion Catholics. But liberals hoping for radical change and traditionalists ...

This humble but charming Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV spent his childhood has great parks and family-owned restaurants and offers easy access to the city.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In his first 100 days, Pope Leo XIV has balanced tradition and reform, emerging as an unlikely unifier in a divided U.S. church. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Pope Leo XIV marks his ...

Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, just days before a planned Holy Year pilgrimage of ...

Pope Leo appears to be continuing his predecessor's more welcoming posture toward the LGBTQ community, according to a Jesuit priest and proponent of a more inclusive Catholic Church who met with the ...

Pope Leo XIV has enjoyed relatively strong popularity after the first 100 days of his papacy. A number of polls have shown broad early goodwill from U.S. Catholics and many Americans as August 16 ...