Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has a Pennsylvania connection. He graduated from Villanova University.

The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new job in the Vatican, Catholics everywhere continue to celebrate, including in the La ...

People in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own.

People react at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Chiclayo, Peru, May 8, 2025, the day Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected ...

Augustinian Sister Marlene Quispe of the Monastery of the Incarnation in Lima, Peru, said that as their religious brother, ...

Robert Prevost served Peru's rural poor, even if it meant sticking his hands in grease. That is nether the hallmark of a ...

Philadelphia woman confirmed by Pope Leo XIV in Peru says she prays for pontiff daily 02:01. As the world looks to the future ...

Augustinians are distinguished from other religious orders by their emphasis on living together in community — priests and ...

Most of the journalists stood when the 267th pope entered the great room of the Paul VI Audience Hall adjacent to St. Peter’s ...

A Philadelphia woman has a special connection to Pope Leo XIV, who confirmed her when he was a bishop in Peru. She shares how he helped strengthen her faith during a difficult time.