The digitally altered video claims the pope called Trump's policies "a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ideology." ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Since becoming head of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s social media posts expressing political viewpoints on everything from Trump to immigration are getting more attention ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

The 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen, having been naturalized after working in the country for decades—was born ...

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The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or ...