When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...

Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his ...

Pope Francis’ biggest legacy regarding synodality is “as a style, an attitude that helps us to be Church,” Pope Leo XIV said Thursday in a meeting with synod leaders.

In Pope Leo's early days, he has woven together an emphasis on synodality and social teaching with faithfulness to doctrine and truth.

In Pope Leo’s joy, we glimpse the joy of the early Church. The joy that drew converts not through coercion, but through witness. The joy that made martyrs sing in prison.

Pope Leo XIV Invites Seminarians to Bear Witness to ‘Tenderness’ and ‘Mercy’ of Christ The Heart of Jesus is a symbol of the priesthood, the Holy Father reminded the future clergy.

The two most powerful Americans in 2025 are President Donald Trump and the newly appointed Pope Leo, but the two will never be bosom buddies.

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one and accused of failing them in the other.

Two short days after Pope Leo stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Square, a strange sentence leaped out of my husband’s mouth: “You are only two degrees of Kevin Bacon to the new ...

We should approach Pope Leo XIV looking not for his alignment with the set of questions we bring to him, but with trust that the Holy Spirit is at work.