The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

In that job he would have kept in regular contact with the Catholic hierarchy in the part of the world that counts the most ...

While electing an African pope would be a break from tradition, the continent’s Catholic hierarchy is among the world’s most conservative.Credit...Hardy Bope/Agence France-Presse — Getty ...

Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians ...

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He's been in positions of ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

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In that job he would have kept in regular contact with the Catholic hierarchy in the part of the world that counts still ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...