Among the reasons given for choosing his name, Pope Leo XIV referred to the encyclical Rerum Novarum by his predecessor Leo XIII, which has naturally drawn great attention to that famous encyclical ...

Immediately after his election as pope, the Villanova University alumnus and dual citizen (of Peru and the United States) Robert Francis Prevost made clear why he chose to be called Leo XIV. He is ...

Does Pope Leo XIV subscribe to the tenets of the economic agenda of patriotic populism? Well, it seems so, as he officially revealed his thinking behind his papal name, telling cardinals in Rome that ...

That the spirit of revolutionary change, which has long been disturbing the nations of the world, should have passed beyond the sphere of politics and made its influence felt in the cognate sphere of ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ‘s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice that is very much in line with the late Pope Francis ’ global ministry. “I think a lot us had a question ...

"Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own," wrote Pope Leo XIII, in his famous 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum, laying down the basics of Catholic social teaching. The plans of ...

Numerous world leaders and more than 250,000 people will attend this Sunday's inauguration ceremony of Pope Leo XIV, the first US supreme pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church. The new Leonine ...

It is a fool’s errand to prognosticate what a new pope will or will not do, although that has not prevented many from launching their hot takes. Some focused on speculation about the Supreme Pontiff’s ...

In a 1902 apostolic letter marking his 25th year in the Petrine ministry, Pope Leo XIII reflects that “the ardent desire of Our heart was not only to enlighten minds, but also to move and purify ...