The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Before his election, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost spoke clearly on synodality, Church unity, sexual morality, and the ...

Pope Leo XIV is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know so far.

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as pontiff. Here's what's anticipated from his papacy when it ...

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In an interview with the USA TODAY Network, one ...

The new pontiff's views on issues such as immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, and climate crisis seem to reflect both traditional ...

When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

Pope Leo XIV has already made history, as the first-ever American-born pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. But how might ... of his stances on certain issues. At a 2023 Vatican press ...

lesbian and transgender people feel more welcome in the Catholic church and advised Francis on the issue. He says Francis himself changed the church, but so did the many LGBTQ Catholics who have ...