The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in ...

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 ...

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

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

The new pope echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed, as he appeared in front of thousands of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

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 as the first ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

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