The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

A group of Roman Catholic bishops and priests filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new Washington law that requires ...

Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views ...

The 19th-century pope refused to endorse either the capitalists’ wait-and-see promise of progress or the communists’ longing ...

"There is so little dialogue around us; shouting often replaces it, in the form of fake news and irrational arguments ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social doctrine.