Specifically, Leo’s steadfast commitment to human rights and democratic values, of which he has always been an advocate, suggests a firm basis for a decisive stance should tensions escalate in the ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

Imagine if US President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of North America. That simple tweak would trigger ...

Leo’s elevation broke the longstanding rule of thumb that no American, as a citizen of a superpower, could or even should ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

The bells of the cathedral in Peru’s capital of Lima, at Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago and of the University of Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart tolled after Prevost’s ...