Some professors contend the moves violate the principles of academic freedom that many universities have followed for decades ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s ...

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Some of my high school classmates, including my best friend, went to Villanova University, the alma mater of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV ... elected pope by the College of Cardinals last ...

COMMENTARY: In his first days as Pope, Leo XIV has signaled continuity over rupture, rooted his vision in patristic tradition, and issued a bold call to young people: ‘Do not be afraid.

Leo XIV has always been respectful of our aging ... And when one is part of a faith-based college culture like we were on the Villanova campus, you leave prepared to spend the rest of your life ...

On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV by the College of Cardinals as the 266th successor of St. Peter, the first pope from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV assumed leadership of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and was appointed as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops by Pope Francis in 2023.

People in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own. A dance performance in front of the cathedral in ...

Pope Leo XIV makes his first address to the College of Cardinals at the Synod Hall on May 10, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Prevost was a Villanova ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue ...

Pope Leo XIV, who became the worldwide leader for more than 1 billion Catholics on Thursday, earned an honorary degree from a Massachusetts college years ago. In 2005, Leo, the first American and ...