Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said on Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he ...

Catholic churches around the Philadelphia region are celebrating the election of their new leader, Pope Leo XIV.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

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Newly elected American Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Mass Friday inside the Sistine Chapel. The pope spoke in both English ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

Seminarians from the Grand Rapids were among the thousands who celebrated in St. Peter’s Square Thursday as a new pope was elected.

A lot of my friends are calling it the Villanova Vatican,” said Caroline Pirtle, a Villanova University junior who interned at the Vatican this semester and just returned home to Minneapolis Thursday ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

The election of the first American pope has stirred emotions and hope among the faithful in San Antonio. At San Fernando ...