Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope from Chicago, could boost interest in the Catholic Church, potentially increasing ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

Launching his papacy with a call for reconciliation and communion, Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as the successor ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May ...

Peter. When Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, emerged as the bishop of Rome on May 8, jaws dropped to the cobbled pavement of Vatican City. The Catholic Church is among the ...

A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. More ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Leo ...