Like many who feel a connection with the new pope, Rabbi Joseph Schultz believes his familiarity with sports can help bring ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry ...

Topps unveiled a new Pope Leo XIV trading card, and fans are being blessed with their limited card find. The rest of the world was probably disappointed, but this here United States of America is ...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in New York to British parents in 1964. He left the U.S. as a young boy ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

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The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

He always told us that faith isn’t just about going to Mass, but about living with charity, loving one’s neighbor, and being ...