Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV holds his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church on Friday (9 May). The 69-year-old ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

The name Leo means “lion” in Latin, signaling bravery and strength. In the Catholic legacy, it also calls back to the first ...

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

Pope Leo XIV says Catholic Church must illuminate 'dark nights of this world' in first Mass - Friday’s service comes a day ...

The new pontiff, who was chosen as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), has travelled extensively in Asia where ...

Chicago-based OBVIOUS SHIRTS has released a collection of shirts paying homage to Pope Leo XIV, the first American and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, first American pope. Nigerian clergy welcome his election, praying for unity, ...