But the new pope, in 2025, has done something more than mark an anniversary. By choosing the name “Leo” and explicitly invoking “Rerum Novarum,” the Church’s 267th pope has placed not just an ...

But we haven’t had a Pope Leo in more than a century. The last Pope Leo was Leo XIII, who was born in French-occupied Rome in 1810. He served as pope from 1878 until his death in 1903 ...

When Pope Leo XIV addressed the College of Cardinals two days after he was elected to the papacy, he explained why he took ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878-1903, is known for publishing the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" on worker's rights -- considered the foundational document for the church's social teaching.

Should Scrap It for Good The Bond Market’s Revenge Leo XIV should embrace Leo XIII’s example of taking economics seriously. When I heard that Cardinal Robert Provost had been elected pope ...

The new pontiff has signaled the direction he intends to take his papacy in handling certain social questions that need moral ...