A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

From an Authentic Memoir Furnished by His Order "is a papal biography based on a manuscript provided by Pope Leo XIII himself ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” said he handed the pontiff a copy of his family tree.

Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey, California, to be the next Roman Catholic bishop of Austin, promoting another vocal ally on immigration to a leadership position in Texas.

Someone asked me ... how I felt. I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell — Abraham Lincoln.

This was Pope Leo's first visit to the observatory, founded in 1891 by Leo XIII. He later called Aldrin. “Together we shared ...

Pope Leo XIV, who is spending two weeks on summer holiday at the papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, encouraged people in his ...

Millions of people around the world were stunned when Pope Leo XIV was elected earlier this year, but one Vatican correspondent wasn't.

The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark status for both the home and the abandoned St. Mary’s of ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break since his historic election in May. People who know and work with Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome.

Pope Leo XIV’s addresses included the usual exhortations for such occasions, but two things stood out to me: human attractiveness and magnanimity.