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 ...

I’m not a religious person. Catholic schools, and my mom’s reliance on Catholicism as a surrogate for normal things like ...

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

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

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

The new Pope is seen as someone who could unite traditionalist and progressive within the Church, writes the BBC's religion ...

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Around 6 a.m., thousands of people began to file into St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass. Thousands of volunteers from the Red Cross and other groups took positions in the streets ...

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