ANALYSIS: Since his election, the Holy Father has largely dealt with matters left pending when his predecessor Pope Francis died in April.

Like his predecessor Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV has a vocal, defining focus on environmental stewardship — and he carried Francis' legacy forward on Wednesday with the Catholic Church's first-ever ...

Travis Callaway, like many with such interests, eagerly awaits an expected encyclical from Pope Leo XIV on artificial intelligence.

After his general audience on a sunny late-May morning, Pope Leo XIV met with pilgrims in St. Peter's Square and was presented with a simple gift: a photo album. The scrapbook, from members of the ...

When the late Pope Francis penned his groundbreaking encyclical letter "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," it was hailed by some as the most influential contribution the Catholic Church has ...

The first major document of a pontificate is highly anticipated as an indication of the new Pope’s agenda. Pope Leo XIV has chosen to place his first document, the apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV 's choice of name signals a commitment to social justice that is very much in line with the late Pope Francis ' global ministry. “I think a lot us had a question ...

By Daniele Piccini Pope Leo has said that the digital world “poses a challenge even for the consecrated.” He was speaking on ...

Among the reasons given for choosing his name, Pope Leo XIV referred to the encyclical Rerum Novarum by his predecessor Leo ...

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The feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 following his encyclical Quas Primas. Today it is ...