Pope Leo XIV said his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to ...

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

Pope Leo XIV is the first American leader of the Catholic Church. Here's what you need to know about the new pontiff.

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

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...

A lack of faith is often tragically accompanied by the loss of meaning in life,” he said in his first English mass.

Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he ...

US President Donald Trump is set to be be "challenged" by fellow American Pope Leo XIV who was elected into the role by ...

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Francis Prevost has been elected as the new pope, Leo XIV, and the internet made many memes celebrating ...

Pope Leo XIV has made his views on climate change well known, saying that the world is in need of climate action, calling it ...

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