Amazon described Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum as "An open letter, passed to all Catholic bishops, that addressed the condition of the working classes. It discussed the relationsh

Leo XIII (1878–1903), the first pope of the 20th century, took bold stances on the major social issues of his time and laid the groundwork for Catholic social teaching with his prophetic 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum.

Who was Pope Leo XIII, the man whose name the newly-elected Pope chose? He wasn't what people thought he would be.

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing and an address calling for peace in Ukraine and Gaza.

In his address to the College of Cardinals on Saturday, Leo XIV explained his name choice, explicitly mentioning the parallels of these two cataclysmic eras: Sensing myself called

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.

Leo XIV, like his predecessor Leo XIII, is concerned with technology's power to shift us away from the family and a life connected to God’s creation.

The 267th pope entered the great room of the Paul VI Audience Hall adjacent to St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to cheers. Leo called for the immediate release of imprisoned journalists worldwide and once again spoke of the harms and benefits that artificial intelligence poses.

Pope Leo XIV called for peaceful communication and thanked journalists worldwide for sharing stories illuminating truth, humanity, and hope.

Pope Leo has issued a call to “disarm words” in a veiled swipe at US president Donald Trump during his first address to international media.Taking to the stage in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the new Chicago-born pontiff was met with lengthy applause from thousands of journalists.