The Catholic Church will continue to allow blessings for same-sex couples — but not recognition for their unions as ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, will now lead more than a billion Catholics around the world — including 53 million American Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV paid respects at the tomb of Pope Francis on May 10, after signaling in a meeting with senior Church leaders he would continue his predecessor's legacy of reforms.

Pope Leo XIV paid respects at the tomb of Pope Francis on May 10, after signaling in a meeting with senior Church leaders he would continue his predecessor's legacy of reforms.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

BOGOTÁ — With the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope, there are serious expectations about the position the Catholic Church will take on the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know so far.

What Pope Leo XIV has said about LGBTQ+ people, immigration and abortion After a little more than 24 hours of anticipation, the telltale white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday ...