By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -In his first month, Pope Leo has taken a very different approach to his predecessor ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV, as the first U.S.-born pope, may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in ...

With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on whether an American could be elected pope.

Pope Leo XIV gave the following homily on Sunday, June 1, 2025 for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the ...

The rules behind Pope Leo remaining a US citizen now he’s a foreign head of state - Other US citizens have served as foreign ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

By Ava West On May 8, the first American pope was elected. So, what does this mean for us, as Americans? And why now? Pope ...