Rather than a return to Catholic cultural wars, Leo can tackle basics issues of faith and humanity.

In 2024, there were roughly 35,000 nuns in the United States, an 80% decrease from 1965, when there were about 175,000.

After the liberal Pope Francis years, conservative Catholics might welcome the cultural shift that Leo XIV’s election signals ...

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

As we celebrate Pope Leo XIV, it would be a tragedy to forget one of the greatest concerns of Pope Francis' final years and days: the war in Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV prays at the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on May 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV got in the front ...

Catholics around the world have a new face of leadership as Pope Leo XIV takes the reins from the late Pope Francis. Monday ...

People attended a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville for Pope Leo XIV on Monday.

One of Pope Leo's older brothers is opening up in this week's issue of PEOPLE about the pontiff's childhood growing up on the ...

Philadelphia woman confirmed by Pope Leo XIV in Peru says she prays for pontiff daily 02:01. As the world looks to the future ...

The leader of the Diocese of Palm Beach hailed the choice of American-born Pope Leo XIV as Pope Francis' successor.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...