Papal Transition

In a conversation, the future pope impressed teacher Brendan Towel not with words, but something even more profound: how he listened.

As a missionary priest in Peru, and later bishop, the future Pope Leo XIV’s enthusiasm “impressed me,” said Augustinian Sister Carmen Toledano. “He had that desire of being close to …

Leo XIII, was also known as “the Rosary Pope” for his unmatched 11 encyclical letters on Marian devotion.

I consider it a gift from God that the first Sunday of my service as Bishop of Rome is Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. On this Sunday, …

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner under Francis, said the 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel “turned out to be a wonderful instrument of the Holy Spirit.”

Pope Leo XIV led his first Sunday recitation of the “Regina Coeli” prayer and urged all Catholics to pray for vocations, especially to the priesthood and religious life.

(OSV News) — Parishioners of St. Jude Parish in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, may have had a moment of shocked recognition as the first American pope stepped out …

In his first greeting as pope May 8, Leo XIV described himself as a “son of St. Augustine.”

Pope Leo XIV’s former surname, Prevost, immediately piqued the interest of Jari Honora, a certified genealogist and a family historian for the Historic New Orleans Collection museum.

Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV traveled 40 miles southeast from the Vatican to pray at a Marian shrine cared for by his Augustinian confreres.