Louis Prevost, the older brother of Pope Leo XIV, said in an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday that he’ll likely tone down the right-wing, pro-Donald Trump posts on social media now that his older sibling is the head of the Catholic Church.
Zelenskyy asks for Pope Leo XIV’s help in bringing Ukrainian children home from Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Pope Leo XIV, asking the new pope for help in bringing home children deported from Ukraine to Russia.
The gift that Jews can give Pope Leo XIV
Habemus papam! We have a pope!
‘Our new pope has aura’: Why are Americans enamored with Pope Leo?
The recent election of Pope Leo XIV, born as Robert Prevost, has roused the attention of many around the world, including those who don’t identify as religious. “Our new pope has aura” read one comment on a Tik Tok video…
Pope Leo XIV Loves Tennis But Jokes He Can’t Play With Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn’t want to arrange a game with the top-ranked player — ostensibly because of his name.
Pope Leo XIV’s previously unknown Creole roots are a most American story
As a Chicago-born missionary to Peru, Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — was arguably the least American of the American Cardinals. But despite his close ties to Peru, where he led an Augustinian seminary and, later, the…
Who’s suspicious of the new pope? MAGA
And lo, it came to pass that non-Catholic Americans with little or no theological training have absurd opinions about Pope Leo XIV. Yea, verily, these are the times in which we live. In the beginning, U.S. President Donald Trump offered a…
Pope Leo XIV confirmed to have African American ancestry
In a development reshaping global conversations around race, religion and representation, newly elected Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through his maternal Louisiana Creole roots. This groundbreaking…
JD Vance should listen to Pope Leo
Vice President JD Vance is in a curious position now that Pope Leo XIV has assumed office, since Vance is both a Catholic in good standing and a figure who regularly clashes with Catholic leadership. On Jan. 29, the newly…
A letter to Pope Leo XIV from a Baptist brother in Christ
Like much of the world, I was glued to my television this afternoon as you were introduced as Saint Peter’s successor. While I am a lifelong Baptist, my own personal faith always has been marked by a decidedly Catholic tinge,…
Some Baptist leaders hopeful about Pope Leo XIV
“I did not think this would happen in my lifetime,” Baptist scholar Elizabeth Newman said of the election of an American as pope. Newman, a theologian and ethicist who serves as co-chair of the Baptist-Catholic dialogues convened by Baptist World…
Pope Leo selection hints moderate direction for Rome
In what seems to be an act of surprising confidence and agreement, the College of Cardinals came to quick agreement on the second day of this week’s papal Conclave to launch white smoke from the Sistine chapel. Thousands gathered outside…