For months now, something odd has happened when some internet users — including me — ask ChatGPT, the ubiquitous artificial intelligence tool from OpenAI, about Pope Leo XIV. “It looks like there ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a memorial Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 3, 2025, for Pope Francis and all the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media The ...

For an institution that measures epochs in centuries rather than electoral cycles, six months may seem a modest window to assess a pontificate. Yet as Pope Leo XIV marks that milestone Nov. 8, a ...

Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps. Pope Leo XIV arriving for a ...