Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

His story is a call to hope and a challenge to the Church in India to see finally and fully those it has failed to embrace ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The surprising election of the first American pope felt ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church is American Robert Francis Prevost, Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to a crowd in ...

The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new Pope came as a welcome surprise to the Afro-Peruvian community.

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

However, it would be a mistake to let Leo XIV be defined by his critics alone. He reminds us that no human is infallible, not ...

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