Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

COMMENTARY: In a blunt address to diplomats, the new Pope defends the dignity of life, the family and the most vulnerable — ...

Per CNN, Leo is expected to continue the reforms of Pope Francis. Pope Leo XIV is also fluent in several languages. He speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, and can read Latin ...

Last week, white smoke from the Vatican signaled that he'd been elected the first North American pope in the history of the ...

Here are some of the challenges that Leo will face as he takes up the mantle of Pope. The world will be watching to see whether he follows in the footsteps of Francis—or shifts the course of the ...

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday (May 10), making clear that he will follow in the modernizing reforms of Pope Francis to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets nominations ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.

Pope Leo XIV faces limits on changing the Catholic Church − but Francis made reforms that set the stage for larger changes Story by Dennis Doyle, University of Dayton • 4d ...