New Pope a 'Regular Guy'? Americans Have Hope

New pope a 'regular guy'? Americans have hope

WASHINGTON — By the middle of last week, it became clear that something odd was happening. It was about the time that the fake video started circulating about the woman purporting to recount the "situationship" she'd had with Robert Prevost,…

VALERIE SCHULTZ: New pope, who dis?

As you have no doubt heard, after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the conclave of cardinals got to work and elected a new pope on May 8. He is an American who has chosen the name Leo…

World reacts to first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the new pope, and has taken the papal name Leo XIV. Here is how the world is reacting and what is known about the first American pontiff in history.

The US has its first Pope, and a renewed openness to religion

Ian Bremmer The US has experienced a steady, long-term decline religiousness, with Gallup showing less than half of Americans belong to a house of worship today. But spirituality in the US remains surprisingly resilient.Bremmer unpacks America's longstanding slide into secularism contrasted with a recent renewed interest in religion. Drawing from two key surveys, Bremmer contrasts Gallup's data on religion’s erosion since the 1960s with a massiv…

Pope Leo XIV's pectoral cross includes relics of St. Augustine, Pope Leo the Great, other saints

Pope Leo XIV’s handcrafted pectoral cross features relics of Pope St. Leo the Great, St. Augustine, St. Monica, St. Thomas of Villanova, Bl. Anselmo Polanco, and Ven. Giuseppe Bartolomeo Menochio.

St. Catherine celebrates Pope Leo XIV's induction

Most Catholics of the world celebrated the induction by the 2025 Papal Conclave of Pope Leo XIV of Chicago on May 8 as the first American pope in the Catholic Church’s history. At noon May 23, St. Catherine of Siena…