Where census takers in Louisiana recorded them as Black, census takers in Illinois recorded them as white. So, too, do other ...

I listened to Pope Leo’s first messages with Augustinian ears. In his first words from the balcony, and then in his homily at ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about the challenges to human dignity, justice and labor that arise from “developments in ...

For many centuries we have seen the custom of a new pope changing his name. It signals the kind of papacy he envisions as he assumes the mantle.

Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, becomes the first American-born pope, bringing a history of advocacy for the poor ...

Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

Following the election of Pope Leo XIV, Father Kolawole Chabi—a Beninese priest of the Order of Saint Augustine and professor ...

Pope Leo XIV leads his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican May 9, 2025. Pope Leo, formerly Cardinal ...

Vatican unveiled Pope Leo XIV’s portrait and signature, marking his return to tradition. His papal symbols reflect deep ...