It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

As Pope Leo XIV marks his first 100 days as head of the global Catholic Church, a clear leadership style has emerged: ...

Pope Francis has reached out to China several times. On March 7, Meng Anming, professor of Developmental Biology at Tsinghua University in Beijing, was named a member of the Pontifical Academy of ...

Pope Francis called Friday for more dialogue with Islam and offered an olive branch to China and other countries that don’t have diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

China’s Church Divided: Bishop Louis Jin and the Post-Mao Catholic Revival PAUL P. MARIANI (HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 352 PP, ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday offered prayers for the victims of a major cruise ship disaster on China’s Yangtze River.

Pope Leo XIV has addressed the opportunities and challenges of AI often, leading many to think he will write in an encyclical ...

Leo has made other changes, too At his inaugural Mass on May 18, 2025, Pope Leo XIV reached out his arm to sprinkle holy water and revealed a shirt with cufflinks, which Francis had largely avoided.