The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He's been in positions of ...

Before his rise in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV served as the prior general of the Order of St. Augustine and cultivated strong ...

U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Switzerland for the first major talks since the trade war intensified last month.

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his ...