Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

A century ago, Pope Leo XIII defended workers’ rights during the Industrial Revolution. Will Leo XIV do the same for AI?

As contemporary as they sound, these lines come from his 19th-century predecessor, Pope Leo XIII. The encyclical was entitled ...

The new pope's eldest brother has come under scrutiny for inflammatory political posts—here's what we know about him.

When I first read the news in Facebook that Pope Leo XIV, an American-born clergyman, had ascended to the papacy, I knew that the Catholic Church had entered a ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...