The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public ...

The 69-year-old chose the papal name Leo XIV, in honor of St. Leo, a fifth-century pontiff known for his devotion to the poor ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of ...

Wilmington Catholics feel joy, pride, and personal connections after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, three days after the 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary made history ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Leo XIV addressed crowd of around 100,000 people at St Peter's Basilica in his first Sunday noon blessing as pope Pope Leo ...

That Leo softened the church's confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia ...