We’ll let the public decide in what order they want to put them in.” Leo’s election came as a complete surprise in Chicago. The city of 2.6 million people has long been known as a Catholic ...

Cleaning up social media accounts while job hunting took an all new meaning following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who wiped his personal accounts and made his first official post as pontiff this ...

Pope Leo XIV called free speech and the press a "precious gift" as he asked for the release of imprisoned journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists ...

Pope Leo XIV earned his doctorate in canon law from Rome’s Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, where his thesis on the leadership of the Augustinian order may give insight into how the ...

VATICAN CITY — As he has done in every major appearance since being named pope, Leo XIV invoked the name of his predecessor before a massive throng of 150,000 during his first Sunday blessing in ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as ...

The same auction house that sold President Trump’s childhood home for millions in 2017 will take bids for the modest three-bedroom where Pope Leo XIV once lived. By Debra Kamin The childhood ...

A video authentically showed Pope Leo XIV condemning U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies as "a blatant trampling on both the teachings of the church and the promises of the ...

In his first audience with journalists as the pontiff, Leo renewed pleas for a more peaceful world. He also spoke to Ukraine’s president on Monday. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Vatican ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or in their world views. They lead in different roles and realms.

In the hours after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, speculation swirled: Would the first American pontiff be a sequel to Francis — or more along the lines of St. John Paul II or Benedict XVI?