The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, ...

The name a new pope chooses is often the first clue to his priorities. The last pope named Leo was Leo XIII, who began his ...

Because all faith represents a moral frame that orders life around particular rules, it is inevitable that the papacy and ...

The Vatican has released Pope Leo XIV’s signature, which includes the traditional “P.P.” (“Pastor Pastorum”) notation not ...

Pope Leo’s answer, we must believe, would be that we each exist as the precious creation of a loving God, born into a world of suffering and sin that is not our true home, and that we are each vested ...