Agostino Giovagnoli, a professor of Church history at Milan’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, described the more ...

During a well-attended Pentecost Mass in St Peter’s Square on 8 June 2025, Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, spoke plainly ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken a swipe at Donald Trump's travel ban during his weekly Sunday sermon. Last week, the US President ...

Leo’s elevation broke the longstanding rule of thumb that no American, as a citizen of a superpower, could or even should ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who was born in Chicago and just arrived in Rome to teach.

Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling northern Peruvian city where everyone seems to have a story about him.

And reminds a world still coming to grips with Donald Trump 2.0, that the United States also turns out guys named Robert Francis Prevost, the 267th Vicar of Christ. He has his work cut out for him.

What’s On Pope Leo Xiv’s Schedule In His First Days As Pope? On his first weekend as pope, Leo XIV met with cardinals Saturday and made his first public appearance Sunday to d ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...