For this man who died — who was tall, with his hair pulled back in a permanent ponytail, and who once found a ring in the ...

(RNS) — Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in Leo. (RNS) — Immediately after his election, Robert Prevost signaled his ...

Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary during a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2025, in the presence of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Credit: CNS photo/Pablo ...

BOSTON (AP) — With peak holiday travel starting just after the government shutdown’s flight restrictions, hope for a moment of peace at an airport can feel like a wing and a prayer. But quiet and ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday met with the leadership and staff of Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s global charitable network operating in more than 200 countries, asking them to be “pilgrims of hope” ...

“A moment of great familiarity” is how Abbess Maria Cristina Daguati of the Augustinian convent in Montefalco, Italy, described Pope Leo XIV’s visit on Thursday. After visiting the tomb of St. Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke to teenagers during a digital encounter at Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday in Indianapolis during the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC). Five teenagers asked the Pope ...

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Chicago's Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, according to an announcement early Wednesday morning. Pritzker posted photos of the meeting on Instagram, calling Pope Leo a "son of ...

The minute sports fans found out there was a new American pope and he’d been born in Chicago, every American sports fan had one thought: was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Soon, news emerged that he was ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass at the waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.Credit...Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Leo XIV, the first pope from the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The foundation of sacramental marriage is the unity of the spouses, a bond so intense and grace-filled that it is exclusive and indissoluble, said a document from the Dicastery ...

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that ...