While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

And the greatest will be the new pope, Leo XIV, aka Robert Francis Prevost – “Rob” to his two elder brothers and “Bob” to other relatives, friends and the religious community; His Holiness to all of ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine ...

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 is the first Pope from the Order of St. Augustine, which suggests he will promote peace and dialogue.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Sunday a cable of congratulations to the newly- ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.