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New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...
Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to ...
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 ...
In Pope Leo's early days, he has woven together an emphasis on synodality and social teaching with faithfulness to doctrine ...
Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.
When the world goes off kilter, words from the Vatican can seem toothless. But don’t underestimate the power of the Church’s ...
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, center, leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman ...
Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.
India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private flight ...
Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis. Pope Leo rocks White Sox hat at the Vatican in new photos ...