Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Despite the foundation's assertion that TM's form of mantra meditation is non-religious, the Sanskrit invocations of Hindu ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

For some spiritually curious women, a 'mother’s blessing' ceremony offers a sacred approach to pregnancy and birth, but the ...

But Pope Leo can only vote if he is a U.S. citizen. Voting as a dual citizen is not uncommon — Pope Leo also holds ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

Leo is a member of the Order of St. Augustine, the only Augustinian in this conclave. The order, founded in 1244 under Pope ...

One attendee said the Trump administration's actions "put a real obligation on us to say: ‘No, our safety does not require, ...

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

On August 5, 2023, Pope Francis criticized “a very strong, organized, reactionary attitude” within the U.S. Catholic church, ...