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

Fight! “ The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “Peace.” The contrast between ...

Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises ...

ANALYSIS: They share a love for St. Augustine but diverge on politics, immigration and AI. The conversation between Leo XIV ...

As the first-ever American pope takes to the throne of St. Peter on Sunday, immigration advocates in the Valley hope his past ...

Fr. Tom Willis from the Diocese of St. Augustine joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton for this week’s episode of Politics & ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

(OSV News/Los Angeles County Museum of Art, public domain) Welcoming the pope to the church that day was the general of the Augustinian order, Fr. Robert Francis Prevost. Pope Leo XIV officially ...

This combination photos shows Pope ... an American to the papacy across the country’s nearly 250-year history. Until, that is, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of Chicago—Pope Leo XIV ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, 69, former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ... the Vice President of the United States, and the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The two of them are practising Catholics.