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 ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Vatican on Thursday, May 8, elected the new Pope of the Catholic Church after pontiff Francis' death. As is the tradition ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

The peoples of our world desire peace,” Pope Leo XIV said, “and to their leaders I appeal with all my heart: Let us meet, let ...

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

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 ...