Thomas Hennen’s ministry in the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, signaled he backs current Catholic Church teaching on LGBTQ+ ...

Leo will continue his predecessor's historic decision allowing priests to honor queer couples, though same-sex marriage ...

There's a new pope - Pope Leo XIV. A couple of days before the world saw white smoke pour out of that chimney on the top of the Sistine Chapel, I had sat down and spoke with Father James Martin, a ...

Pope Leo XIV will be remembered as a pope of many firsts. He is the Roman Catholic Church’s first ever American-born pope and its first Augustinian leader. His predecessor, the late Pope Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV warned new archbishops on Sunday against following ... The Supreme Court’s recent Montgomery County decision and the Archdiocese of Hamburg’s new pro-LGBT sex-education policy ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, was elected after a two-day conclave, becoming the first American to hold the papacy in the Catholic Church’s nearly 2,000-year history.

A month into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV - the Wordle-playing, White Sox-loving, first American pope - maintains a high favorability rating among U.S. Catholics and the general public, a poll found.

FILE – Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass for the formal inauguration of his pontificate, in St. Peter’s Square attended by heads of state, royalty and ordinary faithful, May 18, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV spoke about unity on Sunday, June 29, after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, patrons of the city of Rome.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at St. Peter's Square on Sunday, June 1, 2025 for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. (Photo: Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA) ...

At his inaugural Mass on May 18, 2025, Pope Leo XIV reached out his arm to sprinkle holy water and revealed a shirt with cufflinks, which Francis had largely avoided. He was also wearing an amitto ...