After a two-day conclave, the cardinal electors chose Robert Francis Prevost to lead the church on May 8, when he took on the name Pope Leo XIV and became the first American to be named pope. Leo has ...

Archbishop Julian Leow, President of CBCMSB, then read a letter from the Apostolic Nunciature announcing the Ad Limina visit ...

The American identity of Pope Leo XIV has potential for the renewal of American Christianity in particular by calling us beyond polarized politics toward the reconciling peace of the reign of God.

We are exceptionally proud of our coverage of the Conclave and Pope Leo’s ordination. Members of our Currents News team and ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass on Sunday with more than 1 million young Catholics from around the world, marking the biggest ...

In his closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Leo remembered the young people of Gaza and Ukraine and other countries "bloodied by war" who could not join their celebration.

At a Mass for the Jubilee of Youth outside Rome, Pope Leo exhorted over a million young people to be "seeds of hope" and a "sign that a different world is possible." ...

Gerard O’Connell is America ’s Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.

Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a plot of land north of Rome into a solar farm that will generate enough ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle reminded Catholic influencers that "Jesus is not the face or a voice generated by a digital ...

Pope Leo XIV seems to have come at just the right time. A pope capable of listening to a global, synodal church may be able ...

Congress MP Praniti Shinde likened Op Sindoor to Rome’s Colosseum, calling it a media spectacle to distract voters. She ...