Leo XIII was the 256th pontiff and the most recent to share the same name as the man appointed to serve as the new Pope on ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

Soon after Pope Leo XIV emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, my husband sent me a screenshot of his X account. At first, I didn’t believe the picture was real — Did the new pope ...

Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his Peruvian flock — linked his pontificate to a monumental figure, ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 ... problems — and outsized certainty he has the answers ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Why the first ever American pope, Pope Leo, broke a major tradition by speaking English at his first mass on Thursday (9 May) ...

Given his experience, Pope Leo XIV will maintain his interest in both North and Latin America. Read more at straitstimes.com.

And, this morning (9 May), the world got to hear his singing voice in his first-ever mass since being appointed. Have a ...

Pope Leo gave his older brother John Prevost a five-word hint that he was going to be elected in a very telling phone call ...