At age 47, Bishop-designate Thomas Hennen will be the youngest bishop leading a U.S. diocese. Hennen's ministry to LGBTQ+ ...

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, 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.

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 ...

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) ...

During his first visit to Brisbane following the announcement, Archbishop-elect Mackinlay emphasized the importance of missionary clarity in a society increasingly indifferent to religious belief.