(RNS) — Nearly a year after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, two deeply sourced books offer competing portraits of the context and maneuvering behind the first U.S. pope’s election. “Popes, ...

In his first year as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV seems driven not by the dramatic gesture or tensions that often fueled the papacy of his predecessor, but by a calm, persistent zeal to preach the Gospel and ...

Pope Leo XIV's shoe choice has been going viral since Thursday. In a newly released screenshot, a photo of the Pope walking around wearing his full papal outfit and a pair of white Nike sneakers in a ...

U.S. bishops marked the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election by recalling the moment they learned he had been chosen, describing their reactions in a video message. “When we were watching the ...

Nearly one year ago, Pope Leo XIV defied long-standing conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected to succeed St. Peter. But a leading Catholic commentator believes that the ...

Pope Leo XIV spent the first anniversary of his election Friday by praying in the ancient city of Pompeii, commemorating a Marian feast day that is particularly important to him that coincided with ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 election by making a pilgrimage to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii, one of Italy's most beloved Marian ...

A new poll has found that 53 percent of Republican Catholic voters would support Democratic congressional candidates in the midterm elections, as President Donald Trump's public feud with Pope Leo XIV ...

In today’s edition … Major deadlines loom in the war with Iran … You give us your thoughts on Trump’s attacks against the pope … but first … Want proof of ...