Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization Mass Sept. 7, declaring the sainthood of two young Italians whose ...

LONDON — From his actions and words so far, Pope Leo XIV has displayed a strong Marian devotion reminiscent of his namesake ...

Pope Leo XIII favored wine laced with cocaine. ullstein bild via Getty Images Founding father George Washington, meanwhile, couldn’t function without regular opium, in the form of the drug laudanum.

This was Pope Leo’s first visit to the observatory, founded in 1891 by Leo XIII. The first vision of it, however, can be traced back to the establishment by Pope Gregory XIII of a commission ...