EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an extract from CNN Vatican correspondent Christopher Lamb’s new book, “American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV Means for the Church and the World.” It will be published on March 26 by ...

The pope may be known as Leo in the Roman Catholic Church, but he is also known as an absentee Illinois voter, and his registration card lists him by his birth name: Robert Francis Prevost. By laying ...

The cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV described his election as willed by the Holy Spirit. Yet a new book suggests that Cardinal Robert Prevost's path to the papacy ...

U.S. bishops marked the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election by recalling the moment they learned he had been chosen, describing their reactions in a video message. “When we were watching the ...

President Trump's religious posturing and rocky relationship with Pope Leo threaten to alienate his Catholic supporters.