Joanne M. Pierce is a professor emerita of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross. Her research interests include ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne speaks about what surprised him about the conclave, praising Pope Leo XIV’s “warmth ...

A new pope brings with him a sense of excitement often mixed with uncertainty. The choice of the College of Cardinals came as ...

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope from the U.S.

The pope also has a more direct role on everyday Americans, in the sense that he is the head of a church followed by 20 ...

This intersection of faith and fandom is the kind of bit that only baseball can provide. The new pope is a White Sox fan — ...