VATICAN CITY — When Pope Leo XIV was elected after the pained finale of Pope Francis’ pontificate, there was hope that a ...

The two most powerful Americans in the world are clashing. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. Pope Leo’s visit to Algeria today was meant to be stirring. The first member of the Order of ...

Seven years after his surprise resignation, Benedict XVI — weakened by age but still intellectually spry — appears unable to remain in the shadow of his Argentinean successor Francis, creating the ...

On May 25, Pope Leo XIV publicly presented his first encyclical, or official letter used to impart papal messages, titled Magnifica Humanitas (or Magnificent Humanity). The nearly 42,000-word document ...

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