I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first homily, delivered to his fellow cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, was a mission statement about missions.

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace ...

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

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

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...