Michael Pham is the first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV. And in another first, Pham is the first person of Vietnamese ...

Iran’s highest-ranking Shiite cleric, who has issued a religious edict calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald ...

Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering ...

Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, can use his American upbringing to enhance significantly his papal ministry, but he must be ...

The two most powerful Americans in 2025 are President Donald Trump and the newly appointed Pope Leo, but the two will never ...

Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by U.S.

One of the Catholic Church’s most senior American figures has condemned President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, ...

Pope Francis, who died in April at age 88, was sometimes scathing in his criticism of President Donald Trump. In 2016, when Trump first ran for president, Francis said dismissively that someone ...

The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not Christian" for wanting to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pope Leo XIV issued a stark warning of an "irreparable abyss" as U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on Iran following President ...