Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

One issue any pope would have to face when elected to govern the Catholic Church in 2025 is that of continuing to address the ...

From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...

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As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

US Catholicism knows Jews well, and that familiarity may pave the way for the new pope to improve Jewish-Catholic relations, ...

The new pontiff resumed his predecessor’s calls for a ceasefire in his first Sunday address. Official church policy on Israel or the war is unlikely to change.

The contrast with Leo’s predecessor is striking. Pope Francis collaborated closely with Argentine Jews during his years as a ...

For Vatican experts, the election of American Robert Francis Prevost Martinez as the new pope sends clear political and ...

Pope Leo XIV was yesterday elected as the first American Pope in the history of the Catholic Church - but his nationality has ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...