Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Sunday near the tomb of St. Peter, hours before he was to deliver his first Sunday noon ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

Pope Leo XIV, who became the worldwide leader for more than 1 billion Catholics on Thursday, earned an honorary degree from a ...

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

The Mass comes less than a day after 133 cardinal electors selected Leo as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that ...

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...